Projects
Bronchiolitis
A Multi-Centre Service Evaluation into the use of High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy in the Management of Infants with Bronchiolitis, a PRAM Project
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Regional Project Lead: Dr Isobel Fullwood
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Local Project Leads: Dr Joanne Nutthal, Dr Ayaz Vantra, Dr Amanda Thompson, Dr Wynn Aung, Dr Hannah Vawda, Dr Pooja Bakhshi, Dr Rohini Thapliyal, Dr Lucine Nahabedian, Dr Mohamed Ali, Dr Fozia Roked, ANP Sarah Keeling, Dr Tim Van Hasselt, Dr Ashley Vardon
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Project Supervisors: Dr Kevin Morris
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Oral presentation at Midlands Regional Paediatric Society Meeting 2018
Oral presentation at European Academy of Paediatric Societies Meeting 2018
Bronchiolitis:
Oxygen Saturations thresholds in bronchiolitis: examining admissions
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Regional leads: Dr Tim van Hasselt, Dr Bhavna Singham, Dr Amy Henderson
Local Project Leads: Dr Bhavna Singham, Dr Andy Taylor, Dr Vic Parsonson, Dr Harriet Swallow, Dr Jo Nuthall, Dr Sonia Goyal, Dr Hannah Cooper, Dr Katy Francis, Dr Isobel Fullwood, Dr Liz Fairholme, Dr Prasadi Desilva, Dr Deevena Chinthala, Dr Kun Hu, Dr Fiona Halton, Dr Nabil Fassaludhin
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Project Supervisors: Dr Ian Wacogne, Dr Eve Bassett
Additional Statistics Reviews: Paul Davies
Oral Presentation at Midlands Regional Paediatric Society meeting (2019) won Best Presentation Prize
Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood
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Child Sexual Abuse
Is Child Sexual abuse being considered during Child Protection Medical Assessment?
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Regional Project Leads: Dr Harry Woodward, Dr Kate Harvey
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Project Steering Group: Dr Hannah Vadwa, Dr Rebecca Dack, Dr Parimal Mano, Dr Rishwa Vithlani
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Local Project Leads: Dr Sarah Williamson, Dr Andy Taylor, Dr Jess Groucutt, Dr Emily Sivers, Dr Helen McDermott, Dr Lizzie Simons, Dr Monica Kaul
Poster presentation at BACCH trainee day 2018 and at RCPCH Conference 2019
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Published in Acta Paediatrics
Covid:
Comment on ‘High rates of antibiotic prescriptions in children with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome: A multinational experience in 990 cases from Latin America
Project steering group: Dr P Siddhi, Dr K Shelly, Dr H Rizvi, Dr A Holt, Dr AK John, Dr H McDermott, Dr N Muhammed, Dr SB Welch
Local consultant supervisors: Dr P Siddhi, Dr J Rweyemamu, Dr K Davies, Dr S Nasir, Dr W Coles, Dr S Parepalli , Dr W Corroll, Dr W Sinwari Dr N Makwana, Dr SB Welch
Local leads & data collection: Dr P Siddhi, Dr K Shelly, Dr H Rizvi, Dr A Holt, Dr A Banerjee, Dr E Seager, Dr L Mulligan, Dr R Horner, Dr P Bakshi, Dr M M Magwenzi, Dr A Pearce
Data collection: Dr H Vadwa, Dr Dr N Muhammed, Dr T Y Kwan, Dr M Cant, Dr A Elzubair, Dr J Onubi, Dr B Oyelade, Dr Y Oumellil, Dr A Abdelbaky, Dr S Meenan, Miss J Pugh , Dr S Hine, Dr E Blamey, Dr R Pitt, Dr S Amanda, Dr Z Baccha
Data input: Dr S Harlalka, Dr N Zia, Dr A Pachala, Dr N Smith, Dr I Craner, Dr M Cant
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Published in Acta Paediatrica
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Debrief
Are you okay?
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Collaborators: Dr Sarah L Williamson, Dr Hannah Vawda, Dr Jessica Gosney
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Project Supervisor: Dr Matthew Nash
Poster presentation at RCPCH Conference 2021 and at REASoN Meeting 2021
Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis (KP-SRC):
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Impact of neonatal sepsis calculator in West Midlands (UK)
Regional Project Leads: Dr T van Hasselt, Dr H McDermott
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Local Project Leads: Dr R Eltahir, Dr L Macaskill, Dr R Jain, Dr N McMullan, Dr S Slee, Dr M Jagga, Dr M Naseem, Dr O Alake, Dr C Cherry, Dr B Miguras
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Supervising Consultants: Dr P Surana, Dr A Ewer
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Oral presentation at REaSoN meeting 2020
Publication: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
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Impact of the new NICE guidance 2021 on management of early onset neonatal sepsis
Regional Leads: Dr T van Hasselt, Dr L Macaskill, Dr S Slee, Dr M Naseem
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Supervising Consultants: Dr A Ewer, Dr P Surana
Publication: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis (Adherence to NICE guidance)
Regional variation in adherence to the Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis (EONS) NICE guideline.
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Regional Lead: Dr Anna Gregory
Local Project Leads: Dr Helen McDermott, Dr Cathryn Seagrave, Dr Ranvir Dhoot, Dr Andrew Taylor, Dr Daniela Vietan, Mrs Sharon Turnock, Dr Moslehuddin Farid, Dr Celia Exon
Project Supervisors: Dr Bedford Russell, Dr Sivakumar
Oral presentation at Staffordshire, Shropshire and Black Country Newborn and Maternity Network Audit and Quality improvement competition in 2017
Poster presentation at REASoN Meeting 2017
The use of aciclovir in the management of paediatric encephalitis: a multi-centre audit
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Regional Project Leads: Dr Lizzie Simons Dr Ash Holt
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Local Project Leads: S Omar, K Shelley, I Nijjar, C Sherlaw, R Mills
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Poster presentation at RCPCH conference 2019, EAPS and Encephalitis Society
HEEADSSS Assessment on hospital admission
Bringing our HEEADSSS together - prioritising the voices of children and young people
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Project Steering Group: Alexandra Davison, Anandi Singh, Ashley Holt, Chloe Batchford, Helen McDermott, Leah Simpson, Lesley Peers, Margaret Williams, Pamela Dawson, Shaheen Ghumra
Consultant Supervision: Stuart Hartshorn
Local Leads & Data Collectors: Dr Anandi Singh, Dr Ashley Holt, Miss Jayne Thompson, Dr Laura Kelly, Dr Lauren Brace, Dr Leah Simpson, Dr Margaret Williams, Dr Marwa Alkotamy, Dr Rachel O’Sullivan, Dr Shaheen Ghumra
Local Data Collectors: Dr Ahmed Abdella, Dr Alec Rapson, Dr Alexandra Davison, Dr Alexis Perry, Dr Alice Packham, Dr Chloe Batchford, Dr Joshua Meremikwu, Dr Kirsten Brown, Dr Kiran Raju, Dr Luke Hailston, Dr Marianne Yousif, Dr Mica Skilton, Dr Moataz Badawy, Dr Mofoluwake Faturoti, Dr Mohammed Haque, Dr Mushfiq Sahebzada, Dr Priscilla Wong, Dr Samuel Danaher, Dr Samuel Jack, Dr Teim Eyo, Dr Thomas Baird
Data Analysis: Dr Alexandra Davison, Dr Chloe Batchford, Dr Kiran Raju, Dr Helen McDermott
Local Consultant Support: Dr Stuart Hartshorn, Dr Pooja Siddhi, Dr Sofia Omar, Dr Tom Dawson, Dr S. Parepelli
Poster presentation at RCPCH Conference 2021
Learning Disability
Learning disability – how confident are we to make the diagnosis?
Regional Project Lead: Dr Rebecca Dack, Dr Sarah Seccombe, Dr Hannah Vawda, Dr Kate Harvey
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Local Project Leads: Dr Sophie Carter, Dr Sarah Steadman, Dr Clare Morgans, Dr Ayaz Vantra, Dr Davina Kenyon-Blair, Dr Hannah Cooney, Dr Isabel Cowling
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Poster presentation at RCPCH conference 2021
Neonatal Intubation
Premedication use in neonatal intubation: Are we denying babies adequate analgesia for intubation?
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Regional Project Lead: Dr Kate Atkinson
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Local Project Leads: Dr Amy Henderson, Dr Anna Radcliffe, Dr Dannie Bogue, Dr Gayathri Bhat, Dr Hannah Vawda, Dr Helen Mc Dermott, Dr Laura Duthie, Dr Rachel Yew, Dr Olayinka Kowobari, Dr Jen Brindley, Dr Nivvya Randheer
Poster presentation at RCPCH conference 2018 and a Regional Research Meeting 2018
Obesity
Obesity recognition audit: whether overweight (BMI>91th centile) children are correctly identified and managed in Children’s Assessment Units.
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Regional Project Lead: Dr Kate Harvey
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Local Project Leads: Dr Helen McDermott, Dr Will Coles, Dr Su Elliott, Dr Nicola McMullan, Dr Archie Anandaram, Dr Sanaa Ismail
Project Supervisors: Dr Emma Webb, Dr Jeremy Kirk
Oral presentation at RCPCH Conference 2017
Publication: Tackling the childhood obesity crisis: acute paediatricians are not playing their part.
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Trainee Well-being
8 high impact interventions: a regional survey of trainee experience
Collaborators: Dr Diana Aguirre, Dr Sarah Steadman, Dr Mandy O’Keeffe, Dr Davina Kenyon-Blair, Dr Hannah Cooper, Trainee Wellbeing Interest Group (TWIG) of the PRAM group
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Poster presentation at RCPCH conference 2019 and all Trainees Regional Teaching session
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No news isn’t necessarily good news: regional experience of exception reporting by trainees
Collaborators: Dr Sarah Steadman, Dr Diana Aguirre, Dr Davina Kenyon-Blair, Dr Hannah Cooper, Dr Mandy O’Keeffe, Trainee Wellbeing Interest Group (TWIG) of the PRAM group
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Project Supervisors: Dr Helen Goodyear, Dr Rob Negrine
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Poster presentation at RCPCH conference 2019 and all Trainees Regional Teaching session
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D supplementation in pre-school children: A Multi-Centre Survey
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Regional Project Leads: Dr Joanna Nuthall
Local Project Leads: Dr Minoth Kanagaratnam, Dr Isabel Fullwood, Dr Gerard Millen, Dr Bhavna Singham, Dr Shaheen Ghumra, Dr Stuart Hartshorn, Dr Louise Rogers
Project Supervisors: Dr Emma Webb, Dr Jeremy Kirk
Poster presentation at RCPCH Conference 2017
Wheeze
The management of acute wheeze- what do paediatric trainees do?
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Regional Project Leads: Dr Laura Duthie, Dr Vicki Currie
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Project Supervisor: Dr Prasad Nagakumar
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Poster presentation at British Thoracic Society conference 2019 and at RCPCH Conference 2020