| To accompany our quarterly Network Newsletter, every week we will circulate a round-up of information we have been asked to distribute to our members, along with any other items of interest to share with you.
Look out for the ‘Child Health Tuesday’ bulletin in your inboxes every Tuesday afternoon.
Contact us: england.northernchildnetwork@nhs.net Tweet us: @EveryChildNENC
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Asthma Awareness Webinar for Sports Clubs and Activities / Groups
Thursday 15th February, 6pm-7pm, via Microsoft Teams
The Network is excited to host a webinar for activity groups, clubs, sports organisations to introduce asthma awareness and the impact of asthma on activity. We will discuss the benefits of exercise and share details of the community resources available to support and improve asthma care for local Children and Young People.
We will also take the opportunity to introduce the Beat Asthma Friendly Clubs Accreditation Framework and encourage various groups to develop safe, healthy and inclusive environments for young people with asthma in the North East and North Cumbria.
Please join us to hear more about this and how to get involved.
Register for this online event
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LAST CHANCE TO APPLY
Expression of Interest Opportunity
Beat Anaphylaxis Friendly Schools – pilot schools
Deadline: Friday 16th February 2024
It is estimated that 1 in 50 school-age children have peanut allergy, a condition accounting for around half of all anaphylaxis reactions. Combining this and the incidence of other food allergies, means that there is often more than one child per school class at significant risk of anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis Campaign report that 17% of fatal food-anaphylaxis reactions in children happen in learning environments.
The Network’s Asthma Leadership Group and the Beat Anaphylaxis project team are looking to identify a number of primary school settings across the North East and North Cumbria to work with us to develop, localise and embed a Beat Anaphylaxis Friendly Schools (BAnFS) Accreditation Framework, based on some established models of good practice.
A bespoke training and accreditation package will be developed for education setting staff following a co-design process with stakeholders in pilot schools prior to implementation of this programme at these sites across the region.
Pilot schools will support development work taking place during the remainder of this academic year. The Beat Anaphylaxis Friendly Schools (BAnFS) Accreditation framework will then be piloted within these settings during the following academic year (2024/2025), before we make a wider offer to all schools across the region.
Each pilot school will be offered two ARK Anaphylaxis Rescue Kits (suitable for primary school settings), delivered by Arcadia Medical. The ARK Anaphylaxis Rescue Kit has been designed so that schools can store and make easily accessible medical devices used in the event of an anaphylactic shock.
If you are interested in supporting this work, please respond by 16th February 2024 to Andrew Bright (nuth.beatanaphylaxis@nhs.net) in order to register your initial interest in participating. You will then be asked to complete and return a short Expression of Interest form to enable us to allocate and target our resources effectively and equitably.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED
Community Pharmacy questionnaire – paediatric asthma
The National Asthma Care Bundle was published in September 2021 promoting a whole system approach.
The Network’s Asthma Leadership Group have developed a questionnaire with the input of colleagues from Community Pharmacy Tees Valley which we hope will help us build a picture of what asthma services already exist in the community.
Our aims are as follows:
At a time that we know you are all working very hard, we would be extremely grateful if you would please spare 10 minutes to complete the online questionnaire.
This data will not be used to identify any individual or location, providing your name and contact information is entirely optional.
We are relying on support from the wider system to support delivery of this so your support is very much appreciated. We would be grateful if you could also forward to any other relevant parties on our behalf.
Please complete the survey on behalf of your organisation by 3rd March 2024
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Interactive Asthma Webinar for Primary Care
Thursday 14th March, 6pm-7pm, online
Hot Topics in Paediatric Asthma (Dr Neelmanee Ramphul, Dr Samantha Moss, Carol Barwick and Dr Ahmed Hegab)
Following the success of our Primary Care Webinars in January and February 2023, the Network are excited to present a further Asthma Primary Care Interactive webinar to support the E-Learning for Health online training. Previous webinars can be accessed here.
This additional session is underpinned by the freely available online training and aims to provide interactive support to professionals to support delivery in primary care.
The session will consist of short presentations followed by time for discussion. The session will be recorded and hosted on the NENC Healthier Together alongside other resources that have been developed by the NENC Asthma Leadership Group and collaborative partners.
The session is aimed at primary care practitioners who care for children and young people with asthma, it will focus on diagnosis, in particular how to make a diagnosis in the absence of spirometry and FeNO, how to choose the right inhaler for CYP, overuse of salbutamol and when to refer to secondary/tertiary care. There will be a Q & A session at the end.
Register your place before Wednesday 13th March
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Commercial Determinants of Health Conference
Monday 18th March, 9am-12pm, online
This conference is a repeat of the face to face event which was held on the 3rd November 2023. This online event allows colleagues who weren’t able to attend a chance to see the impact of the Commercial Determinants of Health:
If you think this would be of interest to your colleagues please share this invitation around your networks.
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NEPS – The North of England Paediatric Society . . . 124th Meeting
Monday 22nd April 1pm-6pm Sir James Spence Lecture Theatre, Peacock Hall, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, NE1 4LP. Car Park on site
Talks followed by local restaurant for those who wish to join
Programme: An eclectic mix of paediatric best practice, medical-politics, education, science and social.
Trainees: Prize for short presentations of outstanding work (audit, QI, research, case). Send 300 word abstract by 25 March to darren.bresnen@nhs.net
Cost: Free this time for relaunch. Usually £20 per year to join. Subsidised dinner by NEPS afterwards
The society was founded in 1956 to unite Paediatricians coast to coast, North to the Scottish borders, South as far as Cleveland. We are proud to be a friendly non-profit making society, funded by members, for members. We welcome all Paediatricians both ‘Generalists’ and sub-specialty/allied Paediatric specialty (e.g. Paediatric Emergency Medicine, GPs) alike, and look forward to seeing you all at our twice yearly meetings.
New – Come and meet new friends and open your mind. Old – come and meet old friends and share your wisdom.
RCPCH CPD approval applied for.
RSVP, either:
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Clinical Lead Recruitment Expressions of Interest (3-year fixed term contract)
Are you passionate about delivering high quality hospital-based services for Children and Young People across the North East and North Cumbria?
Do you want to influence and shape services for the future?
Are you a strong leader with excellent communication and relationship management skills?
Then please read on …….
The North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) and Surgery in Children (SIC) Operational Delivery Network, has been established since 2021 and the tenure for the current clinical leads is coming to an end April 2024 and we are looking to recruit new clinical leads.
We are looking for 4 posts each with 1 PA a week (please email julie.bloomfield1@nhs.net to request the job descriptions):
The Application Form can be found here : https://forms.office.com/e/a4QenBpF1W
The Closing Date For Expressions of Interest is 29 February 2024
Interviews Date Wednesday 6 March 2024
If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact: Rachel Agbeko Clinical Lead Rachel.agbeko@nhs.net Julie Bloomfield Network Manager Julie.bloomfield1@nhs.net Gareth Hosie Clinical Lead Gareth.hosie@nhs.nert Joanne Mulholland Lead Nurse Joanne.mulholland1@nhs.net Fiona Smith Clinical Lead Fiona.smith17@nhs.net
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Intensive foundation practitioner training in eating disorders in children and young people, commissioned by NHS England
Course description of 4-day training This 4-day in depth training on eating disorders is designed to widen knowledge and skills required for staff to provide optimal evidence-based treatment to children and young people (CYP) with eating disorders (ED).
This training is funded by NHS England (Workforce, Training & Education Directorate) and delivered through Central North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust. This training is free to participants as is funded by NHS England.
Who is the training for? The training is designed for practitioners working within CYP mental health or paediatric services, caring for CYP with eating disorders and their families/carers. The training focuses on community care, including medical stabilisation, rather than inpatient psychiatric care. Course materials are designed for practitioners new to working within eating disorders settings, but may also be valuable for professional development for more experienced CYP eating disorders practitioners.
There will be single cohort of training to be held in the Midlands, with a maximum of 240 training places. Training places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. We will aim to ensure fair allocation of training places across the seven NHS regions.
Training dates
Day 1: Wednesday 27 March 2024, delivered online.
Days 2-3: 8th & 9th May 2024, delivered in person. Venue: Crowne Plaza Nottingham Address: Wollaton Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 5RH Website: https://crowneplazanottingham.uk-hotel.info/
Day 4: 12 June 2024, delivered online.
Participants must attend all four days. No online option is available for days 2 & 3 as these contain interactive sessions in small groups focused on team approaches to assessment, care planning and treatment.
To apply: Please register for places here using your NHS email (direct registration link): or via the training website page.
For any further queries please contact events@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
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Eating disorders transitions e-learning
NHS England have commissioned new online learning resources to help plan and deliver safe and effective transitions between child and adult eating disorder services. These have been created in partnership with young people, carers and clinicians.
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Trauma-informed approaches to supporting people with problematic alcohol use conditions
Wednesday 20th March, 1pm-3pm, online
About the event The North East and North Cumbria Healthcare Partnership invites all healthcare and social care practitioners to attend a webinar on trauma-informed approaches to supporting people with problematic alcohol use conditions. This event will focus on practical daily approaches for practitioners to consider, drawing on case studies and lived experience perspectives.
Pre-course learning Complete this trauma informed e-learning. A general overview on trauma informed care. NB: Trauma informed care training is not trauma therapy training.
Contact Joojo.Kyei@nhs.net for any enquiries.
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Introducing Boost – helping us to ‘be the best at getting better’
Boost is a new platform that provides a hub for innovation, idea-sharing, networking, and supporting improvement efforts across the North East and North Cumbria.
Boost is hosted by the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and the community is open to anyone with an interest in driving forward change in health and care. It offers an opportunity for people to come together, share good ideas, promote new solutions, as well as learn when things don’t go well.
Find out more and join the Boost community.
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The following messages have been circulated by the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme team for information and action where appropriate.
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National youth/ young people participation recruitment now open
Recruitment is now open for all three national participation groups including Young Board Members, the NHS Youth Forum and the Youth Advisory Network. The CYP Transformation Programme encourages any young person who is passionate about improving healthcare and has experience of using NHS services to apply.
Current opportunities:
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Paediatric Diabetes BPT: Understanding clinical rationale and implementing payment guidance
Wednesday 20th March, 1pm-2pm, via Microsoft Teams
Best Practice Tariffs (BPTs) were first introduced in 2010/11. They are designed to incentivise high quality, cost-effective care with the overall aim of reducing unwarranted variation in clinical quality and to spread best practice.
BPTs support areas of care where there is a strong evidence base and clinical consensus on best practice.
The paediatric diabetes BPT is an annual payment per patient for a year of care. It aims to support clinical services to deliver consistent, high-quality care to children and young people with diabetes.
This webinar will discuss the importance and rationale behind the paediatric diabetes BPT from a clinical point of view, led by National Clinical Lead for CYA Diabetes, Fulya Mehta, as well as the current financial guidance and arrangements for this Best Practice Tariff.
We aim to support a national objective in reducing variation in the implementation of BPTs by considering the background rationale for the paediatric diabetes BPT price and operational application, alongside the context of the national payment landscape and financial practicalities across the NHS.
The session is open to anyone interested in the operation of the paediatric diabetes BPT, especially those involved in the financial and clinical planning and implementation of it.
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Published: February 23