It’s not just kids who find it hard to swallow pills, adults struggle to! #kidzmed #pilltraining www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... great paper Dr Alice McClosky @ljmu-sca.bsky.social @greatnorthchildrenshospital
@nppguk.bsky.social spreading the word! #kidzmed
#kidzmedgoesglobal teaching pill swallowing in Norway! Fantastic QI project introducing pill swallowing across the country. @yincenttse @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Hey Lauren & Karen congratulations on your fantastic work showing how we can lean to prescribe PPI& omeprazole better & more sustainably. @nppguk.bsky.social #NOOG2025 @yincent.bsky.social
SHINE Award Winners!!! (sustainable healthcare in Newcastle)Just bursting with pride for our team! Our intervention reduced liquid amoxicillin by 23% , reducing costs by 50%&. CO2 emissions by 15% #kidzmed Swallowing pills is better for the planet! #paedspharmacy
Calling out to everyone @thegreatnorthchildrenshospital we are collecting monthly for #tabithasplace who give clothes to families in the westend & support @westendfoodbank. Please bring any 8-12 year clothes to level 3, clinical office block 1 coffee area. @yincenttse @emontsleclercq
Sometimes you know you can make a difference to the people & communities who need your help most. Today is one of those opportunities. I’m proud to work with @newcastlefoodbank.org #childhealthandwellbeingnetwork @newcastleuni.bsky.social @luisawakeling.bsky.social
Table 2. Incidence of RSV-Associated Secondary End Points in RSV Season 1.
RSV remains a severe infection in infants and children. In this report, data on the activity of clesrovimab, a long-lasting RSV monoclonal antibody, are described as compared with palivizumab. Full interim results for the SMART phase 3 trial: nej.md/4poVkDE
#MedSky #IDSky #PedSky
Don’t worry about IgA levels but take a good history including family history , any failure to thrive and any serious invasive bacterial infections esp any invasive pneumococcal disease!! @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @bpaiig.bsky.social #greatnorthpaediatricconference2025 Hot tips👏🏽 Dr Eleri Williams
gems from Dr Claire wood on steroid crises. Don’t forget new drugs eg valmorolone, make sure all children have safety netting, sick day rules, don’t have a hospital e-alert for steroids? And weaning it’s a grey are a but wean/test #BPSUstudy @newcastleuni.bsky.social #GNPC2025
It’s not a spaceship landing, it’s Dr Stephen Owens talking about the difficulties of TB treatment in low risk area but hotspot for MDRTB #endTB #greatnorthpaediatricconference2025 #GNPC2025 @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social #greatnorthchildrenhospital @bpaiig.bsky.social
It’s that time of year again. You know RSV is coming! But it could all be different with RSV vaccination. Listen to the brilliant Dr Simon Drysdale for hear the latest @ox.ac.uk @voices4vaccines.bsky.social #RCPCH #paedsround @apsmunro.bsky.social @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Hepatitis B Foundation: Liver Cancer Can Be Prevented at Birth. Hepatitis B vaccination is the first step to preventing liver cancer.
We can prevent liver cancer from day 1.
@mariekeemonts.bsky.social
And big thanks to @damianroland.bsky.social for opening our EQUIP ( educating in quality improvement programme) day, championing the #nationalPEWS #SPOT @rcpch
Get the basics right first time. Complete observations = Accurate PEWS score. Let’s congratulate are top performing Ward 4 ( best obs compliance) and most improved ward 1A!
Get your teeth into this! All you need to know about kids oral health from our fabulous paediatric dentist Greig Taylor listen now! @mariekeemonts.bsky.social @apsmunro.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Thanks for inviting us to take part in this Vital paper showing that PEWS is able to
Detect clinical
Deterioration in children. So it would be good to use the same PEW scoring system. Go national PEWS! @damianroland.bsky.social #greatnorthchildrenshospital @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Such fun to present and learn with Joany Zacharaisse & Annemarie van Rossum @sustainability session. 👏🏽 for all of you that got up early! What are you going to pledge to do to be sustainable? 🌳 Eat less meat? Start a green team or reduce your antibiotic use? #ESPID2025 @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
Want to know more about sustainability in PIDS? Come to our MTE session Wednesday 0730 Iorga hall #espid2025 @espid @mariekeemonts.bsky.social
So excited for our new series of podcasts! started by talking to the 🤩 @sbdrysdale with a reminder about RSV & maternal vaccination. Who knows will this change our winters forever? @GreatNorthCH @NENC_NHS @NCL_medscience @ImperialPaeCH @EAPCongress @CanPaedSociety @apsmunro
Thank you for inviting me to talk about #paediatricsepsis here with my sepsis team recognise sepsis (complete observations), respond (listen & do something about to parents concerns) #LTS25 #teamgeordie at the National Motorcycle Museum!
how many doses are wasted in a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @RCPCHtweets @YincentTse
Congratulations Dr Jo Pickles & KIDZMED winners of the climate change action prize #RCPCH25 sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. #makeeverydosecount Prescribe smart (try not to prescribe a 2nd bottle) double strength if you can waste less & pills are better! @RCPCHtweets
how many doses are wasted out of a bottle of liquid medication & where do they go? (Down the sink, waiting for next time!) prescribe smarter, or not at all & make every dose count! Better still use pills rather than liquids! #kidzmed #pillschool great work Dr Jo Pickles @rcpch.bsky.social
Here, air, everywhere! did you know there’s more air pollution inside a car than outside! & do you know what to do about it? (Close windows, avoid traffic & recycle air) fab ways to start these conversations with patients & families @rcpch.bsky.social learning.rcpch.ac.uk/courses/talk... #rcpch25
What do you wish for child health in the next ten years? @rcpch.bsky.social @RCPCH_and_Us #rcpch25 planning for the future with children and young persons at the centre
The Paeds round is RCPCH regular podcast & we are about to start season 2! I’m looking forward to talking to @sbdrysdale & Prof sir Andy Pollard on vaccination & covering oral health with @DrPeterDay & Dr Greig Taylor! Come find me #RCPCH25 @RCPCHtweets learning.rcpch.ac.uk/home/podcasts/…
We are still living through the consequences of the #COVIDpandemic @rcpch.bsky.social plenary lecture from Prof Lakhanpaul children are stunted , have significant health differences and we need to plan how to recognise, respond & not re traumatise this generation
