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 (Chairs: Dr Cathie & Prof Powell)

TimeDurationTopicSpeaker/Details
1:45 – 1:505 minsIntroduction and WelcomeBAGP & GAPRUKI
1:50 – 2:1015+5 minsInnovate, Integrate, Inspire: Pioneering the Future of General PaediatricsDr Marianne Leach
2:10 – 2:3015+5 minsMental Health acute admissions to paediatric wards – an overview of results from the MAPS studyDr Lee Hudson
Oral Presentations (2:30 – 3:05)
7 minsUnderstanding mental health admissions to general paediatric settings: The Mental Health Admissions to Paediatric Wards Study (MAPS)
7 minsThe experience of patients and caregivers with a paediatric hospital at home service
7 minsHow has paediatric chronic pain management changed over the last decade?
7 minsParacetamol Overdose Management – A Retrospective Study of Compliance to TOXBASE Guidance and SNAP
7 minsExploring parental anxiety and family functioning during Whole Genome Sequencing for undiagnosed paediatric rare conditions: A multi-site quantitative survey

Session 2 (Chairs: Dr Pollock & Dr Vallabhaneni)

Oral Presentations (3:05 – 3:35)
7 minsAcute Medical Risk in Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
7 minsRSV Burden on Ireland’s Tertiary Children’s Hospitals: An In-Depth Winter 2023/2024 review
7 minsLocal Child Health Teams increase healthcare access for children with deprivation and unmet need
7 minsTrends in severe enterovirus infection in infants in the West of Scotland: a clinical surveillance study 2019, 2022 and 2023
3:35 – 3:5010+5 minsAdapting the way we work to meet today’s needsProfessor Steve Turner, Consultant Paediatrician and RCPCH President
3:50 – 3:555 minsPrize-giving: Two best oral presentationsProfessor Steve Turner, Consultant Paediatrician and RCPCH President
3:55 – 4:005 minsBAGP and GAPRUKI –how to get involvedBAGP and GAPRUKI
4:00Close and Coffee