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Let’s talk about Sex – teenagers and Sexual Health
As part of my work with the Connecting Care for Children Team at St Mary’s Hospital , I had the opportunity to take part in a teaching day at the local William Morris Sixth Form. The aim was to…
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School clinics #OutOfHospitalCare
The rigmarole of clinic attendance is all-too-familiar for many young people with chronic conditions. Getting the bus to school in the morning and staying for a few hours of lessons before being…
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Using sequential simulation to tell the patient journey in White City
Last May, I was lucky enough to take part in the ‘How do you help your unwell child?’ event at White City Community Centre, organised by CC4C in collaboration with the Imperial College Centre for…
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Breastfeeding support in the community
Breastfeeding is a highly emotive subject in the UK. I’ve been witness to plenty of fraught discussions on the subject; just because something is supposed to be ‘natural’, that doesn’t mean it’s…
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Intergenerational care: the Christmas party report
In December, I wrote about our collaboration with the dementia team to organise a Christmas party. This was devised as an intergenerational workshop designed around interaction and team building…
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Process mapping – a recipe for medical quality improvement
I’m a second year paediatric trainee. I usually spend my time on the wards with acutely unwell children. The meetings I normally attend involve discussing children’s acute admission and their…