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Welsh Paediatric Society Clinical Meeting 2019 We Hope You Can Support the Next Welsh Paediatric Society Event WELSH PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY Clinical Meeting 2019 Rossett Hall Hotel, Wrexham Friday 21st June 2019 Hosted by Dr Brendan Harrington & Dr Praveen Jauhari Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham PROGRAMME ~ FRIDAY 21st JUNE 2019 8.00 Registration and refreshments 8.50 Welcome and introductions Dr Brendan Harrington & Dr Praveen Jauhari ~ Hosts of the Welsh Paediatric Society Meeting Dr David Tuthill ~ President of the Welsh Paediatric Society SESSION 1~ Chairs to be confirmed 9.00 WELSH PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY GUEST LECTURE New-born screening for Metabolic Disorders Dr Andrew Morris, Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Disease, Manchester University, Manchester 9.45 Health and educational outcomes in the early years following late preterm birth in Wales – a cause for concern? Farr E1, Hutchings HA2, James-Ellison M1, Lyons RA2, Barnes PM1 1Department of Child Health, Swansea Bay University Health Board,2Patient and Population Health and Informatics (PPHI), Swansea University Medical School 10.00 Paediatric adverse medications clinic Smith C1, Tuthill D2, Thompson J3 1Cardiff University, Cardiff, 2Noah’s Ark Children's Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, 3Llandough Hospital, Penarth 10.15 Intravenous paracetamol poisoning in children – enquiry data from the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) Vincent F1, Tuthill DP2, Thompson JP3 1Cardiff University, Cardiff, 2Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, 3National Poisons Information Service, Cardiff 10.30 MORNING BREAK SESSION 2~ Chairs to be confirmed 11.00 ‘Medicines for children’ project: putting families and carers in the centre Zolotas E1, Sammons H2, Fox A3, Rossiter A4 1University Hospital of Derby and Burton, Derby, 2North Devon District Hospital, Barnstable, 3University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, 4RCPCH 11.15 Cerebral palsy integrated pathway (CPIP) – local adherence to a national programme Moll SJ, Pepperman A, McArthur K, Sathymoorthy BT Maelor General Hospital, Wrexham 11.30 Asking about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in health visiting Hardcastle K1, Hughes C2 1Public Health Wales, Wrexham, 2Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 11.45 WELSH PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY INVITATION LECTURE Integrated care for children – The Greater Manchester approach Dr Carol Ewing, Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinical Network 12.30 LUNCH: followed by tea and coffee at 13.30 where delegates will have the opportunity to visit our exhibitors POSTER PRESENTATIONS Quality improvement project: together against childhood obesity Nahar Q, Nasef H, Setti A Department of Child Health, Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest 2 Wish Upon A Star; helping more parents each year Mannings R Wish Upon A Star Foundation Making every contact count – a case of button battery ingestion Evans J, Caseley R, Beal B, Edwards S Paediatric Emergency Department, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff Not every lump is cancer: a rare case of actinomycosis in a 15-year-old boy Hardman K1, Evans J2, Okuonghae H3, Evans A2, Popov S2, Adams M2 1University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, 2Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, 3Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil SESSION 3 ~ Chairs to be confirmed 13.45 Nursing Management of Children with Urinary Continence Problems Hayley Lally Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Lead Nurse Urology, Linda Hyde, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Urology Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool 14.22 Veganuary…not for me? Duggan C, Bucknall C, Roberts C, Tuthill DP University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff 14.29 A retrospective audit of unplanned paediatric admissions to a district general hospital: are we meeting national guidance? Prasad D, Moll S, Wong S, Abelian A Maelor General Hospital, Wrexham 14.36 NICE guidance on neuro-radiological investigations and referral to tertiary neurologists Raza N, Orth A, Jauhari P Maelor General Hospital, Wrexham 14.43 Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) using video laryngoscopy in late preterm babies in a district general hospital in the UK Ogilvie C, Adkar I, Robbins N, Hildebrandt T Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend 14.50 A retrospective audit of the usage of the newborn pulse oximetry screening pilot Prasad D, Loh S, Burton A, Gargh K Maelor General Hospital, Wrexham 14.57 Ventilation strategies in preterm neonates & ventilator equipment used in the neonatal units across United Kingdom: A cross-sectional study Selwyn Julius SR, Ashraf H, Shetthalli VM SuRNICC, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl 15.05 AFTERNOON TEA SESSION 4 ~ Chairs to be confirmed 15.30 Rectal bleeding presenting to the children’s emergency department Metezai H1, Evans J2, Roberts Z2 1Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, 2Paediatric Emergency Department, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff 15.45 It’s good to talk ..... delivering an effective handover! Pike L, Hanks R Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant 16.00 A comparison of post operative analgesia in children post osteotomy 2009 – 2018 at the University Hospital of Wales Cruse, K1, Carpenter C2 1Southmead Hospital, Bristol, 2University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff 16.15 WELSH PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY GUEST LECTURE Fetal cardiology - the known, the new Dr Joyce Lim, Paediatric Cardiologist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool 17.00 CLOSING REMARKS, PRIZEGIVING 17.15 WELSH PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY BUSINESS MEETING 19.30 DRINKS RECEPTION & DINNER Many thanks for supporting the Welsh Paediatric Society Clinical Meeting 2019 We hope you can support the next Welsh Paediatric Society event Welsh Paediatric Society Autumn Clinical Meeting 2019 Coldra Court, Newport Friday 8th November 2019 WPS Clinical Meeting 2019: Exhibitors This meeting is kindly supported by the following exhibitors who will have promotional stands at the meeting. They have contributed to the catering and venue costs, but have were not involved in the agenda, speaker selection or content of the meeting Bausch & Lomb Chase de Vere Chiesi Ltd Proveca Ltd Medela Novartis Pharmaceuticals Sintetica Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health .
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