These keynote talks explore vital topics, including the global impact of COVID-19 on children's health, patient safety advancements, sustainable paediatric medicines and innovative care models for adolescents. Each session highlights key challenges and transformative solutions shaping the future of child and adolescent health.
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Dr Chris van Tulleken
Childhood obesity - Wednesday 26 March, 08:45 - 10:15
Synopsis and other details: coming soon!
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul
Professor of Integrated Community Child Health, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London
Monica Lakhanpaul is Professor of Integrated Community Child Health at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Consultant Paediatrician, GOSH BRC PPIE lead (national) and NIHR National Strategic Specialty Co-lead (Children). Her research focuses on using collaborative, participatory research methods to work with marginalised and underserved communities, particularly the most vulnerable in society, with the aim of ensuring their voices are heard in order to find the best ways of improving their health and well-being. She works at the intersections of health, education and the environment, supported by citizen science and the creative arts, to involve the communities she works with directly in co-developing the solutions aimed at supporting them and improving their health and wellbeing.
She is the most recognised for being the first appointed Clinical Director leading the development of National guidelines for children in the UK for the National Institute of Care and Clinical Excellence (NICE), first Children’s Clinical Director for the North Thames Academic Health Science Network, receiving the Asian Women of Achievement award in 2012 winning the RSPH Health at Every Age award and BAME ground breaking researcher award 2024. She was most recently appointed as a child health expert advisor for Barnardos charity and Happy baby and has been awarded a prestigious Churchill fellowship, Honorary position at Public Health Foundation India and Honorary Doctorate in Science by De Montfort University in Leicester.
The Covid-19 legacy: insights for child health - Wednesday 26 March, 13:45 - 14:45
Every child globally has been impacted by Covid, either directly or indirectly. Existing inequalities have been widened and children’s health and well- being have been affected.
Mental health and wellbeing have been affected and many are still catching up with delays in reaching their developmental milestones and educational goals. It is essential we find creative ways to listen to children’s experiences, hear their voices and work together to improve their life chances and opportunities whilst supporting them to overcome some of the most difficult challenges children faced in recent times.
Dr Peter Lachman
M.D. MPH. M.B.B.Ch., B.A,. FRCPCH, FCP (SA), FRCPI, Course Lead for the SAFE and Essential Skills for New Consultants Programmes, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland RCPI
Peter Lachman works across different countries. In Ireland, he delivers programmes to develop clinical leaders in quality improvement at the RCPI. In Africa, he works on patient safety and quality programmes in Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Mozambique for the Irish HSE Global Health Programme. He is the Director of the USA Patient Safety Movement Foundation Global Patient Safety Fellowship programme. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare ISQua from May 2016 to April 2021.
He was a Health Foundation Quality Improvement Fellow at IHI in 2005-2006 and was the Deputy Medical Director with the lead for Patient Safety at Great Ormond Street Hospital 2006-2016. He was also a Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Free Hospital in London specialising in the challenge of long term conditions for children.
Previously, he was a Medical Director and Clinical Director of Paediatrics and Consultant Paediatrician at North West London NHS Trust from 1996-2004, Consultant Paediatrician at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham in Grantham from 1994-1996, Consultant Paediatrician and Head of Child Development at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town in South Africa 1987-1994.
He is the lead editor of the OUP Handbook on Patient Safety published in April 2022; Co-Editor of the OUP Handbook on Medical Leadership and Management published in December 2022 and Editor of the OUP Handbook on Quality Improvement in Healthcare published February 2024.
Inspiring a culture of patient safety - Thursday 27 March, 08:45 - 10:15
Since the emergence of the patient safety movement in at the turn of the century, the theory and methods to keep children safe in hospital and in the community have been developed.
In his presentation, Peter will review the advances made and the potential for future safety initiatives. The future of patient safety is dependent on inspiring a culture of safety so that patient safety becomes integrated into the way we work, ie part of the genome of a modern healthcare worker.
Professor Nitin Kapur
President, Paediatric & Child health Division (PCHD), Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Professor Nitin Kapur is a respiratory and sleep paediatrician at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane. He is also the Director of Paediatric Education (DPE) and Director of Clinical Training (DCT) at QCH.
Nitin is the current President of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). His research interests include medical education, paediatric sleep disorders, chronic cough and bronchiectasis, in which he has a PhD. Nitin has recently been awarded the “Health Hero of the Decade” award by the Children’s Health Queensland.
Patient-centric care: reflections on Ryan's rule and beyond -Thursday 27 March, 16:45 - 18:00
Ryan Saunders was nearly three years old when he tragically died in hospital. His death was found to be in all likelihood preventable. Ryan’s parents didn't feel their concerns were acted on in time when they raised these as he was getting worse.
Ryan's rule has been developed to provide patients of any age, families and carers with another way of getting help. I would be sharing our experience with Ryan’s rule in Queensland hospitals over the last 10 years. This would be particularly useful in the UK setting as 'Martha's Rule is rolled out in England'.
Mr Stephen Tomlin
FFRPS, FRPharmS, FRCPCH (Hon), Director - Children's Medicines Research & Innovation Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Stephen has worked in the field of children’s medicines for over 30 years, becoming the first UK Paediatric Consultant Pharmacist in 2007. He is currently the Director of the Children’s Medicines Research & Innovation Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital following 3 years as their Chief Pharmacist. Within this role, he leads on innovation and research to improve children’s medicines and medicine practice. His main fields of expertise are paediatric medicines safety, medicines compliance and competence of the paediatric pharmacy workforce. As the Professional Lead of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG), he represents paediatric pharmacy on many national forums, at government level and within the Royal Colleges and within the media. He is chair of the Joint Medicines Committee at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and sits on the Board of Medicines for Children, designing medicines information for parents and carers.
A Prescription For Change: Sustainable Medicines For Children - Friday 28 March, 08:45 - 10:00
This session will explore the impact that medicines have on the sustainability of the planet. We will look at the issues that need to be tackled globally and those that individuals dealing with medicines, from prescriber to children taking medicines, can do more locally. Whilst the topic is generic across the population, we will concentrate on issues that affect children more and areas where improvements in sustainability are more difficult in children.
Dr Stephanie Lamb
GP and Founder and Director, The Well Centre
Stephanie is a GP partner in a group practice covering a diverse inner-city population of 15,500 in Lambeth, South London and founder and Clinical Director of the Well Centre, a young person’s integrated health hub with Primary Care, Health and Wellbeing Link workers and CAMHS.
She has a special interest in developing accessible, young people friendly services in Primary Care and developing targeted services to more vulnerable groups of young people.
She has been GP lead of the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership, (now CHILDS) since 2013 supporting the development of integrated neighbourhood child health teams.
She is Chair of the RCGP Adolescent Health Group.
Integration and Innovation for Future Adolescent Health - Friday 28 March, 14:00 - 15:30
There are over 12 million young people aged 10-24 in the UK and investing in their health yields significant dividends across the health system and wider society.
The gaps in meeting the needs of this age group pre-dates the pandemic and understanding and catering for the health needs of this population is now more important than ever.
The Well Centre is a health hub for young people - providing an integrated physical and mental health model of care. This presentation will describe the principles of good adolescent care and how an integrated model can work and be adapted to local needs.