Speaker

Dr Clare Sheahan: consultant in Community Paediatrics

Blurb

When should we suspect Autism? What social factors can muddy the water? Who should we refer? How can we practically support families? What is the role of the education sector? Why are the rates of Autism increasing and what is BNSSG ICB doing to tackle the increased waiting times? Join us as Consultant Community Paediatrician Clare Sheahan tackles these questions and more.

Resources

• The Autism Assessment Service for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
• Local offer: Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire
• Bristol Autism Support
• https://www.wtt.org.uk/page/?title=NAS+Teen+Life+Programme&pid=86Teen life
• National Autistic Society
• Neon Daisy
• Parent Carer Organisation: Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire
• Paper 1: Study of England and Northern Ireland finds 8-fold increase in autism diagnosis over the last 20 years
• Paper 2: Autism phenotype vs registered diagnosis in Swedish children: prevalence trends over 10 years in general population samples
• Accurx template
• BNSSG Neurodiversity Transformation Programme

Speaker: Pippa Bowen - General Paediatric consultant BRHC with an interest in endocrinology.

General Paediatric consultant Dr Pippa Bowen brings the child with precocious or delayed puberty to life. She guides us through a methodical Primary Care assessment with underpinning explanations. We explore cases of delayed puberty, precocious puberty and premature adrenarche.

Resources

• Archives of disease in childhood - Fifteen minute consultation: Clinical pubertal assessment
• NHS: Early or delayed puberty
• BSPED patient information leaflets
• Bristol Royal Hospital for Children guidelines: Delayed puberty
• Bristol Royal Hospital for Children guidelines: Premature or precocious puberty

Speaker

Dr Dan Magnus - consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

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Want to brush up on your knowledge on your knowledge of measles and pertussis? Refresh your clinical knowledge, keep up to date and be prepared to answer any parental queries.

Paediatric Emergency Medicine consultant Dan Magnus guides us through diagnosis and management of measles and whooping cough as well as taking us back to basics with a methodical approach assessing the sick child.

Resources

• Adam Finn Ted talk: How Vaccines Really Work
• Healthier together
• Handi app

Speaker

Dr David Capehorn - GP partner and Honorary Associate Specialist in Paediatrics.

Blurb

Should we always investigate lymphadenopathy in children and how worried should we be? Is fever a predictor of illness? When should we investigate intermittent abdominal pain? How do we interpret investigations in children? GP and Honorary Associate Specialist in Paediatrics tackles these questions and more, challenging us with common myths and pitpalls in Primary Care Paediatrics.

Resources

• Bristol Children's Hospital: chronic abdominal pain in children (https://uhbw.mystaffapp.org/diliboards/46/diliboard_contents/12401/document_view.pdf)
• Park: Evaluation of neck masses in children (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7762481/)

Speaker

Dr Anirban Majumdar: consultant Paediatric Neurologist

Blurb

Join GP Ruth Bowen exploring the challenging topic of chronic headaches with consultant Paediatric Neurologist Dr Anirban Majumdar. We discuss management of migraines and tension headaches including alternative medicines and supplements, the often challenging overlap between headache phenotypes in CYP, red flags and indications for referral.

Resources

• Headsmart (https://www.mybrainfirst.org/)
• Migraine trust (https://migrainetrust.org/)
• Bristol Children's Hospital: Paediatric headache for Primary Care (https://uhbw.mystaffapp.org/diliboards/46/diliboard_contents/307/document_view.pdf)
• British Paediatric Neurology Association: CHaT (Children's Headache Training) (https://courses.bpna.org.uk/index.php?page=childrens-headache-training)

Speaker

Dr Nick Sargant: consultant in Paediatric Allergy and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

Nick Sargant breaks down CMPA, guiding our Primary Care assessment, management and referral criteria as well as helping us distinguish CMPA from commonly confused differentials.

Resources:

• Allergy UK -cow's milk allergy
• Anaphylaxis UK
• British society of allergy and clinical immunology
• ICON

Speaker

Helen Tapson -South Gloucestershire Public Health Consultant. Lead for health inequalities in CYP.

"We are all in the same storm but we are not all in the same boat".

What local and national projects are striving to tackle health inequalities in Children and Young People? What part do we play in Primary Care?

Play on to find out more as South Gloucestershire Public Health consultant Helen Tapson guides us through the challenging topic of CYP health inequalities: highlighting exciting current national and local projects and using cases to explore practical tips and resources to empower us in Primary Care.

Resources

• South Gloucestershire Director of Public Health Report: Giving Children the Best Start in Life
• One stop shop (South Gloucestershire)
• Virtual hub for financial support (North Somerset)
• Citizens advice (Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset)
• Cost of living advice (South Gloucestershire)
• Cost of living advice (North Somerset)
• Cost of living support (Bristol)
• Healthy start vouchers
• NHS stop smoking app
• The Haven (BNSSG)

Speaker:

Dr Dinesh Giri, consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist (Bristol Children's Hospital)

With rates of obesity in Children and Young people on the rise, consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist Dr Dinesh Giri gives tips on approaching this tricky subject, what we can do in Primary Care to support and appropriately manage these children and onward referral, including the new government commissioning of severe obesity in CYP clinics.

Resources

• NHS: fussy eaters
• BeeZees bodies: top tips to tackle fussy eating
• Change4life (renamed 'healthier families')
• Live well: advice for parents of overweight children
• Healthy start (money for healthy food for 0-4s with a carer on benefits)
• Health Education England Childhood Obesity elearning