RCPCH Podcasts

Back in September we began the call for nominations for our next President, who will take the reins from Professor Russell Viner as we move through a very challenging time.

The President serves as the leader of the membership and is the key public face of RCPCH, both nationally and internationally. 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:

Simon Clark

Camilla Kingdon

Jane Valente

David Vickers

Questions:

00:00 - Introduction

01:47 - Question 1: How do you think a young person would describe you? (Rachael, age 22, from Wokingham)

05:24 - Question 2: What is the biggest issue for children and young people that you want to work on? (Phoebe, age 21, from Manchester)

09:12 - Question 3: How would you involve children and young people at the College? (Anisah, age 17, from London)

13:02 - 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)

17:05 - Question 5: If you were a biscuit, what would you be? (Brecon, age 10, from Tonyrefail)

20:01 - 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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Dr Bryony Hopkinshaw is a Paediatric Registrar working in London, and today we're talking about the impacts of NHS charging regulations on undocumented children living in the UK.

In this episode, we discuss the impacts of charging on patients, doctors, and the public, the false dichotomy of "children and adults", and safeguarding implications for children and young people. We also talk about the impact of the pandemic, practical advice for healthcare workers and members of the public, and potential policy changes.

Read our RCPCH Insight feature on this topic: https://medium.com/rcpch-insight/what-are-the-barriers-to-healthcare-for-migrant-children-74ea28aa38d9

Read our guidance on the rights to access healthcare in migrant communities: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/right-access-healthcare

An interview with David Evans, Vice President for Training and Assessment at RCPCH, led by Lorraine Bullard, Quality & Standards Manager at the College. We talk to David about the Shape of Training programme of work and the College's Paediatrician of the Future document, a vision for the future of paediatric training and part of our submission to the GMC at the end of this year.

Dr Dita Aswani, Dr Carrie Mackenzie and Dr Fiona Campbell talk with Dr Megan Peng and Dr Tricia Woodhead about their team's involvement in the early waves of the QI Collaborative.

Dr Carrie Mackenzie at Sheffield Children's Hospital reflects on her team's journey throughout the QI Collaborative programme and offers recommendations to teams wishing to embark on quality improvement projects of their own.

Junior doctor Monica Parker and Emma Lim join forces to provide an overview of the key learnings and take-home messages from the series.

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr Jethro Herberg, joins Emma Lim and Monica Parker to explore what's next for sepsis - and what the future of tests and assessment might look like.

Professor of Paediatric Intensive Care Mark Peters and Emma Lim talk about fluids and unpick common fears, examining which fluids to use, when, why and how much and the role and choice of inotropes in paediatric sepsis.

Consultant paediatricians Dr Sachin Mannikar and Dr Emma Lim consider what you can do to save a child's life when faced with sepsis. They examine what a care bundle looks like, the management choices, the evidence base and the role of simulation training.