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Child Health
London: 1st Oct & Manchester: 5th Nov

Chair London: Dr Paula Kelly – Nurse Consultant, Community Children’s Nursing Service, NHS Newham.

Chair Manchester: Dr Bernie Carter – Professor of Children’s Nursing, School of Nursing & Caring Sciences, University of Central Lancashire.

AM Sessions


9.20 Meeting the needs of children in care     
Understanding & meeting their health needs.
Liz Allan – Designated Nurse for Children in Care

10.00 Tackling child obesity with HENRY: Evidence-based recommendations for professionals & parents
HENRY – Health Exercise Nutrition for the Really Young.
London: Gail Allan – Development Director, HENRY.
Manchester: Candida Hunt – Programme Director, HENRY.

10.40 Exhibition & Morning Coffee

11.20 Information sharing to support safeguarding children: A guide for primary care
London: Dr David Low – Consultant Paediatrician, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust & National Clinical Lead for Paediatrics & Child Health at NHS Connecting for Health (London).
Manchester: Moira Murray – Head of Safeguarding, The Children’s Society.

12.00 Understanding & managing common paediatric & child health problems: What are the red flags?
Allergies. Rashes. Wheezy children. Diarrhoea. Temperatures. Feed intolerance.


12.40 Exhibition & Lunch

PM Sessions


1.30 Overcoming the immunisation challenge
Talking to parents about the MMR & other vaccinations. Increasing the vaccination uptake. Latest updates you need to know.
Lisa Vallente- Osborne – Immunisation Project Manager, Immunisation Branch, Department of Health

2.05 Top tips in understanding & overcoming sleep problems in children
Prof Gregory Stores MD MA DPM FRCPsych FRCP – University of Oxford

2.40 Exhibition & Afternoon Tea

3.10 Fussy eaters – helping parents overcome the challenges
London: Vivien Wigg RD – Specialist Paediatric Dietician BMT/Feeding Team, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust

3.45 Speech & language development in children       
Clare Geldard – Director of Operations, I CAN

4.15 Paediatric asthma/allergy
The effects allergies & asthma can have on the quality of life of sufferers & their families. Some practical solutions to dealing with some of these allergy problems. Managing children with severe allergies. Adrenaline auto-injectors & how to use them.
Sue Clarke – Clinical Lead for Allergy and Paediatric Respiratory Education for Health