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GNCH Wednesday Lunchtime Lectures
February 21, 2018 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Free
Great North Children’s Hospital and University of Newcastle – Child Health Updates
Wednesday Lecture Series – Sir James Spence Institute. Time: 12.45 – 13.45
| Date | Host | Lecture Title | Speaker |
| 3rd January
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Academic | Cancelled – no lecture | No Speaker |
| 10th January |
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Safeguarding in the 21st Century. From Climbie to CSE what have we learnt? | Dr Caroline Grayson, Consultant Paediatrician/Named Doctor for Child Protection, RVI |
| 17th January |
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A Review of educational provision for children with SEN and disabilities in Newcastle: interim feedback and discussion with Review Consultant. | Penny Richardson, SEND Transformation Lead, Newcastle |
| 24th January
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Study of Early Continuous Positive Airways Pressure in Acute Respiratory Failure (SCARF) | Professor Mark Peters, Professor of Paediatric Intensive Care, (GOS Institute of Child Health) | |
| 31st January | CHER | Does NICE really matter in paediatric practice?
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Dr Eli Gajraj, Advisor and Research Analyst NICE, London |
| 7th February | Academic | TBC | |
| 14th February | HALF-TERM | ||
| 21st February |
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Dr Nick Embleton, Consultant in Neonatal Paediatrics, RVI | |
| 28th February |
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Dr Frederik Van Delft, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, RVI | |
| 7th March | Academic
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TBC | |
| 14th March | CHER
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GP3 | |
| 21st March |
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TBC | |
| 28th March |
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Graft versus host disease remains a significant complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Patients who are steroid resistant have a poor prognosis. Extracorporeal photopheresis controls graft versus host disease through immunomodulation and allows thymic recovery and re-building of T lymphocyte repertoire. We present our results of a prospective study. | Dr Andrew Gennery, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Immunologist, RVI |
| 4th April – 13th April | EASTER HOLIDAYS |