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Child Health – Manchester: 19th Nov

Chair: John Thain BSc MSc PGCE RGN RSCN – Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing, University of Wolverhampton

AM Sessions


9.00 Immunisations - An update
Gina Robinson - Freelance author and Parkinsons Specialist Nurse, Sunderland Royal Hospital

9.40 Best practice live: Understanding & managing behavioural problems in children & young people
Understanding the behaviour. Thinking of a management plan. Troubleshooting talk.
Dr Roger Lakin – Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

10.20 Exhibition and Morning Coffee

11.00 Childhood skin infections, exanthems,  atopic & other types of eczema
Dr Tim Clayton MRCPCH – Consultant Paediatric Dermatologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool

11.40 How to support parents in caring for their children
Stefano Pozzi – Assistant Director for the Child Health and Wellbeing PSA programme in the Department for Children, Schools & Families (DCSF) and Department of Health (DH)


12.30 Exhibition and Lunch

PM Sessions


1.30 Tackling childhood obesity with quality interventions
Childhood obesity, prevalence, causes & consequences. Gaps in current practices? Best practice delivery & implementation. Where next.
Professor Paul Gately PhD, PGCRM, M.Med.Sci., BA (Hons) - Professor of Exercise & Obesity at Carnegie Weight Management, Leeds Metropolitan University & the Carnegie Chair in Exercise & Obesity

2.10 Common nutritional problems in infants and children
Iron deficiency anaemia. Constipation. Vitamin D deficiency. Growth faltering. Food allergy & intolerance.
Hayley Kuter BHSc MA RD – Freelance Paediatric Dietitian

3.00 Exhibition and Afternoon Tea

3.30 Right Here: Improving young people's mental health & emotional wellbeing
Key mental health & emotional well-being issues for young people (aged 16 – 25) in Britain today. Current practices & gaps in provision for mental health promotion & resilience building for young people in every day settings. Current examples of innovative mental health & emotional well-being provision for young people.
Dr Kam Dhillon - Head of Research, Mental Health Foundation
Susan Blishen - Manager, Right Here, Paul Hamlyn Foundation

4.10 Best practice live: Managing childrens' diabetes
Dr Christine Burren MBBS, MD, FRACP, FRCPCH – Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals Bristol Foundation NHS Trust