Apropos nothing… www.gov.uk/government/n...

This years Alder Hey Research Ambassador Programme is now open. Research, work experience & more. We have 10 schools signed up on day 1 (new record) This year’s project is about e-scooters if your school might be interested email [email protected] @alderhey.nhs.uk @livuninews.bsky.social

News article on the hub today - MHRA and Department for Education embed medicine safety into school curriculum to empower young people (via @mhragovuk.bsky.social). www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/... #medicationsafety #patientsafety

#Worldpatientsafetyday Work done between @mhragovuk.bsky.social, @alderhey.nhs.uk and @uolchildhealth.bsky.social / @liverpooluni.bsky.social to empower young people to report their suspected ADRs, now part of the UK curriculum. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay Children aren’t small adults. They need safe care tailored to their: 🧸 Age 🧸 Weight 🧸 Development 🧸 Medical needs 🧸 Ability to communicate 🧸 Context Learn why we need to ensure safe care for all children from the start👉 bit.ly/WPSD2025WHO #PatientSafety

A good explainer about how new medicines come to be - from a more business perspective - and the VPAS. Not one mention of children I could see sadly - they have some extra complexities (unless the drug is developed for them or fits their rare disease category).

Post Lunch Stuart Hartshorn on the CURLY study Cefalexin for UTIs – Right treatment Length in Young children. curly.digitrial.com Interesting findings already on frequency of true culture positive in Children presenting to EDs #PERUKI25

In the latest Original Ideas podcast episode, our researchers explore food’s impact on health and wellbeing, including: 🍟 Junk food advertising’s impact on children 🏡 How our environment shapes eating habits 📱 Social media’s influence on what we eat Listen here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...

New @mhragovuk.bsky.social advice re melatonin laced magnesium gummy supplements The brand is "Nutrition Ignition Kids" - please dont give them to, well anyone, but especially kids (who knows how much is in there for example!). www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK paediatric drug licensing klaxon 🚨🚨 Teplizumab for those age 8 and up to delay progression to type 1 diabetes... www.gov.uk/government/n...

I find myself wondering where the UK lies compared to the international comparators... If you click through to the paper (which is free to access I think) then there is more dispiriting data on chronic conditions, physical symptoms and mental health #paediatrics

Summer holiday clinic - which means siblings galore. Noisier, more chaotic, and actually more fun. #paediatrics #pediatric @alderhey.nhs.uk

I love this comic. And feel that paediatric nurses and paediatricians might also have a better than average chance here… @zachweinersmith.bsky.social www.smbc-comics.com/comic/lesson

Which kids will get mucositis from their chemotherapy? New paper from @newcastleuni.bsky.social , @liverpooluni.bsky.social & more looking at biomarkers and genes that impact risk of mucositis in Sarcoma treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @andreajorg.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk

New paper from our team and the brilliant Dr Ramiyya Tharumakunarajah (who promises me she will be on here soon) on the respiratory health of street children. bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/...

NEWS | New findings from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social show socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence. Read more⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/06/r... @livunihls.bsky.social

When children are starving to death, you do everything in your power to feed them. It’s not complicated. Feed starving kids. No matter what.

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

Nice write up of the excellent work Professor Ian Sinha is doing at @alderhey.nhs.uk with his clean air clinic... @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Now in print, a nice piece of work from a @liverpooluni.bsky.social MD student Dr Julie Park (now consultant at @alderhey.nhs.uk ) on salivary hormone testing and measurement... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The style of the press release isn't to my taste, but the news is excellent... www.england.nhs.uk/2025/07/nhs-...

"I love maths". LUCY BRONZE I LOVE YOU!

Our new report with @cpaguk.bsky.social reveals the worsening impact of child poverty on children’s health and growing strain on health services. One year since the Government’s Child Poverty Taskforce launched, the need for bold action is clearer than ever. 👇 cpag.org.uk/news/child-p...

Fantastic work experience student with me today from Winstanley College. Honestly - I would not make the grade these days. The kids are better than alright!

MHRA approves sebetralstat (Ekterly) to treat hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in patients aged 12 and over www.gov.uk/government/n... @mhragovuk.bsky.social

Important stuff - please do consider getting the vaccine if you / your family need it. Unimportant side note - the hospital moved house 10 years ago, so this photo is very very out of date. Can you update it @theguardian.com please? @alderhey.nhs.uk

Reasons to love working in research #2453 We have a departmental cake slice!! With a fancy serrated edge and everything. So I felt obliged to have a slice!

Yes I am spending the morning swearing at Word again, why do you ask?

Apparently it is July, which means many new doctors will be doing their shadowing shifts, ready to start FY1 jobs on the first Wednesday of August. Have we done a Bluesky #TipsForNewDocs yet?

At the @nihr.bsky.social joint BRC / CRF conference today. Lots to learn, and lots of teams to link the @alderhey.nhs.uk CRF team with.

Measles can be serious. It can weaken the immune system, leading to pneumonia and other infections, and trigger encephalitis — swelling of the brain. It can infect the central nervous system over years causing a condition called SSPE. Since 2020 there have been 7 SSPE deaths.

What a catastrophe. Please vaccinate your kids. @alderhey.nhs.uk

ICYMI: Find out more about the amazing 3-Tesla MRI research scanner now housed at Alder Hey! 👇 To find out more about how to book it, go to: bit.ly/3GChEbn

This @childofthenorth.bsky.social report shows the massive disparities in childhood obesity, & the underpinning childhood poverty. There are 11 very clear recommendations but two jump out 1) Recognise & address poverty as a root cause of childhood obesity & 6) Introduce universal free school meals

Also - advice from @mhragovuk.bsky.social about medicines in hot weather Store medicines somewhere cool, dry & out of direct sunlight Know the signs of heat-related illness – stay hydrated Take extra care in the sun if your medicine makes skin more likely to burn See www.gov.uk/government/n...

Important Public Health message from @alderhey.nhs.uk about measles (re-posted from @linkedin.com) #pediatrics #paediatrics @pedsky.bsky.social

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A week ago yesterday was the first in-person meeting of the Community of Practice for Long-acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Paediatric Health. The next meeting is online in September. You can join the meeting and the community of practice using this form: forms.office.com/e/pcTxa8FYfe

Visit to Archbishop Blanch High School this morning - for a discussion with the year 12 science students as part of the @alderhey.nhs.uk Research Ambassador programme. Really nice to chat - lots of great questions as well. Thanks for having me!

What a depressing paper. Virtually every indicator of health in US kids is poor, and getting worse. Honestly - 54 excess deaths a day compared to similar countries. Depressive symptoms in nearly 40% and guns killing more 1-19 year olds than anything else. It’s a tough read.

#Measles is highly infectious. One person with measles can infect up to 15 others! The best way to protect against measles and stay safe is to have 2 doses of the MMR vaccine. Here's Consultant in Paediatric Public Health at Alder Hey, Rachel Isba, to tell you more:

bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 1/ Latest paper from DETECT study led by Abbey Bracken

Here’s a new interesting thing for a Monday morning…

I can’t believe that it’s 2025 and we have to say ‘banning books is wrong’ Critique their content. Provide alternate worldviews. Refute their arguments. Ridicule if required. Write your own. Don’t ban them. If worried about what your child’s reading: talk to them about the book and its meaning.

New policy briefing. Child and family poverty in the UK is at critical levels. 4.5m children live in relative poverty, 3.1m in deep poverty. Our latest briefing draws on evidence from Cheshire and Merseyside to explore what can be done. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Today we've published a new report into vaccination in the UK. It outlines the barriers families face in getting children vaccinated and sets out how improving access, data systems and public communications can boost vaccination uptake. 👉 www.rcpch.ac.uk/vaccination-uptake

Today is the @celtliverpool.bsky.social community of practice for long acting therapeutics in maternal and paediatric disease meeting - it looks really interesting (to me anyway!). #paediatrics #pediatrics #pharmacology @liverpooluni.bsky.social @uolchildhealth.bsky.social

🏆We’re proud to announce that ILCAMS has been awarded the Athena Swan Gold for our sustained commitment to gender equality in medical sciences. 💪 Huge credit to the submission team & everyone driving change across our institute. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/athena... #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality #EDI

Product secretly laced with melatonin - No wonder it got such great reviews online!

Prepping my teaching for Monday - remembered this report (which will feature) and how big a problem 10x over/under doses are in paediatrics... www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safe...