RCPCH Podcasts

In this episode, our Chief Executive, Jo Revill speaks with RCPCH President, Camilla Kingdon about COVID-19 vaccination in children and young people, a complex issue with much public focus. They discuss the need for transparent information, how consent works and what the College is doing to represent the insights of both paediatricians and young people.

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We commonly hear from tier 1 doctors who are worried about stepping up. This tool will help you to gain experience, gather specific, constructive feedback about your work and evidence, when you are ready to progress.

The ECAT presents you with an opportunity to get feedback on your tier 2 readiness. The feedback should enable you to reflect and focus your development towards the next level of responsibility.

In August 2020, Dr Emma Lim and Professor Mark Peters linked up again to reflect on their experiences of the coronavirus pandemic on paediatric hospital admissions and how sepsis in viruses, like COVID-19, doesn't look any different. Sepsis is sepsis.

They discuss the care needed when dealing with patients presenting with both COVID-19 and sepsis, always ensuring staff safety.

Our President, Camilla Kingdon, and Chief Executive, Jo Revill, met to discuss the new strategy for the College, covering 2021 to 2024, which is published later this month. They spoke about why we need a strategy and who was involved in its creation. They also reflected on our four themes and our overall mission to support paediatricians and improve child health.

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In August 2020 Professor Mark Peters, Consultant at GOSH and Researcher at the Institute of Child Health, joined Dr Emma Lim to discuss the first ever sepsis guidelines for children and young people.

We speak to Jo Kitchen and Amanda Grayson, Patient Advocates at the Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust, about their unique role in supporting young people with diabetes, and their Quality Improvement project on transition.

Contributors: Jo Kitchen Amanda Grayson Patient advocates, Diabetes Team, Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust

Hosts: Andrea Srur - Programme Manager, Diabetes QI team, RCPCH Matt Oultram - Quality Improvement Project Manager, CYP Diabetes QI Collaborative, RCPCH

Ahead of RCPCH Conference 2021, Dr Mathew Mathai, Consultant Paediatrician, and Dr Helen Jepps, Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Director for Paediatrics at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, reflect on the impact of COVID-19 and discuss the role of paediatrics during a 'tipping point' in child health.

00:00 Introduction

00:21 Mat and Helen's conversation

We speak with the team at Warrington and Halton NHS Trust on how they have developed their transition service through applying quality improvement (QI) methods, engaging with children and young people and gaining feedback from parents and carers.

Thank you to the following contributors at Warrington and Halton NHS for taking part in this recording:

• Dr Satish Hulikere – Clinical Lead
• Dr Neethi Ram – Paediatric registrar (with endocrine interest)
• Claire – Specialist Nurse for Transition
• Jack – Young person involved in improving the transition service

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Quality improvement encapsulates all aspects of patient care – not just the clinical experience but service development, review and evaluation. In this roundtable podcast led by two RCPCH QI Trainee Representatives, the QI Central Project Board discuss their own improvement journeys and what quality improvement means to them.

Back in September we began the call for nominations for our next Registrar, who will take the reins from Dr Mike Linney as we move through a very challenging time.

The Registrar is a Senior Officer role and a Trustee, working closely with the President and Vice Presidents. Importantly, they represent the College’s ultimate beneficiaries: children and young people.

Over the last few weeks, our &Us team has been speaking with children and young people to find out the five questions they’d like candidates to answer to help members cast their vote. We're pleased to now share those answers with you.

Candidates:

Will Carroll

Jonathan Darling

Michael McKean

Steve Turner

Questions:

00:00 - Introduction

01:44 - Question 1: How do you think a young person would describe you? (Rachael, age 22, from Wokingham)

04:39 - Question 2: What is the biggest issue for children and young people that you want to work on? (Phoebe, age 21, from Manchester)

08:04 - Question 3: How would you involve children and young people at the College? (Anisah, age 17, from London)

11:43 - Question 4: Give an example of a child or young person who has fundamentally changed your thinking or the way you work? (Jude, age 9, from Lisburn)

15:48 - Question 5: If you were a biscuit, what would you be? (Brecon, age 10, from Tonyrefail)

18:17 - Wrap-up

Find out more and cast your vote before voting closes on Wednesday 9th December: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/election

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