BAGP RCPCH 2025 Conference – Thursday 27 March 2025

The General Paediatrician — Innovate, Integrate and Inspire

Session Chairs

Chairs Group 1

  • Dr Katrina Cathie – Consultant General Paediatrics and Paediatric Research
  • Professor Colin Powell – Retired Consultant General Paediatrics

Chairs Group 2

  • Dr Louisa Pollock – Consultant General Paediatrics
  • Dr Pramodh Vallabhaneni – Consultant General Paediatrics

Guest Speakers

  • Professor Steve Turner
    RCPCH President
    Consultant Paediatrician General and Respiratory paediatrics
    Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
  • Dr Marianne Leach
    Consultant Acute General Paediatrician/Ambulatory care
    St Georges University Hospital
    MRCPCH, MD, MSc Clinical Paediatrics, MA Strategic Clinical leadership
    Chartered Manager FCMI
  • Dr Lee Hudson
    Clinical Associate Professor GOS UCL Institute of Child Health, London
    Consultant General Paediatrician Great Ormond Street Hospital

Program Schedule

Session 1 (1:30 PM – 2:20 PM)

Time Duration Topic Speaker/Details
1:30 – 1:35 5 min Introduction and Welcome BAGP and GAPRUKI
1:35 – 1:55 15 + 5 min Innovate, Integrate, Inspire: Pioneering the Future of General Paediatrics Dr Marianne Leach
1:55 – 2:15 15 + 5 min Mental Health acute admissions to paediatric wards – MAPS study results overview Dr Lee Hudson
2:15 – 2:20 5 min Speed Poster Presentations Various Presenters

Speed Poster Presentations:

  • #8214 – Understanding mental health admissions to general paediatric settings: The Mental Health Admissions to Paediatric Wards Study (MAPS)
  • #7769 – The experience of patients and caregivers with a paediatric hospital at home service
  • #8211 – How has paediatric chronic pain management changed over the last decade?
  • #8297 – Paracetamol Overdose Management – A Retrospective Study of Compliance to TOXBASE Guidance and SNAP
  • #8360 – Exploring parental anxiety and family functioning during Whole Genome Sequencing for undiagnosed paediatric rare conditions: A multi-site quantitative survey

Coffee Break and Poster Walk (2:20 PM – 2:50 PM)

Session 2 (2:50 PM – 3:45 PM)

Time Duration Topic Details
2:50 – 3:20 30 min Oral Presentations Multiple Speakers
3:20 – 3:35 10 + 5 min Adapting the way we work to meet today’s needs Professor Steve Turner, RCPCH President
3:35 – 3:40 5 min Prize-giving: Best posters and oral presentations Professor Steve Turner, RCPCH President
3:40 – 3:45 5 min BAGP and GAPRUKI –how to get involved BAGP and GAPRUKI

Oral Presentations:

  • #8254 – Acute Medical Risk in Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  • #7997 – RSV Burden on Ireland’s Tertiary Children’s Hospitals: An In-Depth Winter 2023/2024 review
  • #8417 – Local Child Health Teams increase healthcare access for children with deprivation and unmet need
  • #8198 – Trends in severe enterovirus infection in infants in the West of Scotland: a clinical surveillance study 2019, 2022 and 2023