We are delighted to invite you to our next QPS TalkTime!

If you’re you are a parent, carer or clinician looking to increase your knowledge on sepsis then register for this QPS TalkTime.

Register at this link www2.healthservice.hse.ie/organisation/n…

Excellent presentation from the Linn Community Paediatric Team HSE Community Healthcare West outlining how new ways of working offer timely access to specialist Paediatric care for children #mdtworking This is the essence of Sláintecare integrated care across services Ellen Crushell EthelRyan

Multiple challenges, the limitations of the technology & the consent. Informed? & it's not the child who is consenting...to their genome being sequenced.

Irish Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders annual conference Friday April 17th. Details snd Registration on isimd.ie

Over 4,000 children now homeless. The longer each of these children stays in homeless, the greater the impact on their physical, mental, emotional & social development. Children must be a focus for housing policy.

Worrying figures - 19.5% of children who attending the paediatric inclusion health service Children's Health Ireland are <0.4th height percentile for age/sex. Also huge dental care needs and developmental concerns identified. Presentation by AoibhWalsh Hans Kluge HSE Social Inclusion

The HSE has been notified of the death of a person with measles -the first in Ireland in many years and a reminder of how serious it can be. Ensure your child receives MMR vaccine as part of immunisation schedule or as part of catch-up to 10 yrs through GP if you have missed out.

Le opportunity c'est enorme: Funded Aspire fellowship with a focus on Regional Unscheduled Paediatric Care. Applications close - COB 16th February 2024

Thrilled to share flyer for PGD/MSc in children’s palliative and complex care, academic year 24/25. Scholarships may be available for suitable candidates. This includes full PG diploma and stand alone modules ⁦Irish Hospice Foundation⁩ ⁦All Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care⁩

CHI is leading the clinical and operational transformation of acute paediatric healthcare. Applications are invited for the role of Consultant Paediatrician s.i. Metabolic Disorders. Apply here: ow.ly/yqos50QmXxU

Unique and exciting opportunity for a Consultant Paediatrician to join our team UL Hospitals and establish a novel hospital-based Inclusion Health service rezoomo.com/job/59380/ #Inclusion #SocialDeterminants #TraumaInformed
Applications close Jan 12th!

The primary results of the Harmonie trial of niservimab for prevention of RSV in infants are now out in NEJM

Reduced RSV hospitalisation by 83%

Reduced ALL CAUSE LRTI hospitalisation by 58%

Thank you to all the parents and babies who participated

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

A timely Editorial as the UK embarks on a pilot study for genomic newborn screening.

Whole genome sequencing to screen 100 000 newborns for treatable genetic disorders
Shamima Rahman, David Bick, Richard H. Scott

doi.org/10.1002/jimd.1…
Genomics England

30Km/h for safer, greener, more liveable communities #30KTown .

Glycerol intoxication - appears to be a relatively recent phenomenon in UK and Ireland (An unintended consequence of sugar tax?). Paed/ED teams consider this if a young child presents unwell shortly after slushie ingestion (*send urine organic acids) Michael Barrett Jim Hickson

We’re surprisingly stoical about the havoc #RSV is causing this winter

- 1000+ babies admitted
- 15% of them in #PedsICU
- elective complex surgery postponed
- waiting lists growing
- family/work life disrupted
- huge demand on health services