PMHA Webinar 3 – History Taking, Mental State Examination and Formulation in General Paediatrics

On 23/6/21 By ToksSanwoIn Events, Research, TrainingLeave a comment

The PMHA is excited to announce that our next webinar, “History Taking, Mental State Examination and Formulation in General Paediatrics”, is now open for booking.

The webinar will be delivered by Dr Megan Fisher, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

It will take place on Monday 5th July at 7:30pm

Please sign up using your professional email address (@nhs.net or nhs.uk) and we will contact you when your registration has been approved.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Reimagining the future of paediatric care after COVID-19

On 21/7/20 By Paediatric Mental Health AssociationIn Ideas, ReportsLeave a comment

Last month, the RCPCH published an interesting report ‘Reimagining the future of paediatric care post-COVID-19 – a reflective report of rapid learning‘. The report is the first in a series of reports from the Paediatrics 2014 Project.

“This report, published on 26 June 2020, is the first in a series from the Paediatrics 2040 project that will inform RCPCH’s vision for the future of paediatrics in the UK. We summarise our learning from this period of rapid change, focusing in particular on the elements of new practice that we want to keep and take forwards into the future…

To read the report, click the link below:

https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/reimagining-future-paediatric-care-post-covid-19-reflective-report-rapid-learning

Paediatric Liaison UK Network Winter Meeting 2020

On 28/1/20 By nolczakIn EventsLeave a comment

This coming Friday, January 31st, the Paediatric Liaison UK Network will hold its bi-annual meeting in London.

Date & Time: January 31st, 9.45am – 5pm

Location: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH

Click here to get more information about the day’s schedule and to register for the meeting.

Core Topics in Community Paediatrics Symposium

On 26/1/20 By Paediatric Mental Health AssociationIn Events, Ideas, ResearchLeave a comment

Date: Thursday 13th February (9.30am – 5pm)
Venue: YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 6AQ

The programme:

9.30 – 9.45 am
Registration & Welcome:
Our Chair, Dr Sukanta Banerjee

09.45 – 10.30 am
Management of Paediatric Dysphagia – The Role of the Specialist
Speech and Language Therapist

Sonja Jacobs, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist,
Bart’s Health NHS Trust

10.30 – 11.30 am
Management of Sleep Difficulties in Children
with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Dr Desaline Joseph, Sleep Consultant,
Evelina London Children’s Healthcare

11.30 – 11.45 am
Refreshment Break

11.45 – 12.45 pm
Management of Spasticity and Dystonia
in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Dr Lucinda Carr, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Great Ormond Street Hospital

12.45 – 1.30pm
Lunch Break

1.30 – 2.30 pm
Overview of behaviour and emotional difficulties
in preschool children

Dr Chinnaiah Yemula,
Consultant Community Paediatrician, Bedford

2.30 – 3.30 pm
Assessment and management of sensory
difficulties in children with ASD

Maria O’Malley, Clinical Lead Paediatric OT and Mairead Fergus,
Specialist OT, Child Development Service, ELFT

3.30 – 3.45 pm
Refreshment Break

3.45 – 4.45 pm
Diagnosis and management of ADD/ADHD and
interpreting the SNAP IV questionnaire

Dr Giovanni Giaroli, CAMHS Consultant, London

4.45 – 5.00 pm
Closing Remarks

To book, go to https://thepaediatriccommunity.com/product/core-topics-in-community-paediatrics-symposium/