Speaker:

Dr Neky Sargant: Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Eating Disorders, UHBW Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders, BNSSG Clinical Lead for Paediatric Mental Health.

Blurb

IN THIS PODCAST FINALE Neky Sargant shares her 'top tips' for assessing and managing eating disorders in Children and Young People in Primary Care. She highlights key guideline changes with the 2023 MEED guidelines and guides us through an effective assessment of potential eating disorders, safe management plans and appropriate onward referral pathways.

Episode resources

• MEED
• Happy Maps
• Bristol HEADSSS
• Eva Musby Resources
• Beat Eating Disorders
• MIND

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Speakers:

Dr Katy Pike: Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and BNSSG ICB asthma lead

Dr Deborah Marriage: Consultant nurse in Allergy and Asthma and BNSSG ICB asthma lead

Blurb:

Hot of the press: NICE, BTS and SIGN all reached agreement for new, revolutionary asthma guidelines. In this episode Katy Pike and Deb Marriage demystify the guidelines, guiding us through the changes and impacts for the diagnosis and management of asthma in Primary Care.

Episode resources:

• New NICE/BTS/SIGN Asthma guideline
• Primary Care Respiratory Society: How to calculate and interpret peak flow rate variability
• Bristol Children's Hospital: Child asthma plan
• Bristol Children's Hospital: Teenage MART asthma plan
• Bristol Children's Hospital: Teenage non-MART asthma plan
• Asthma and Lung UK: Inhaler technique

Speaker:

Mr Julian Gaskin -Paediatric ENT consultant at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Blurb:

When are sleep studies warranted for children with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea? How do we avoid missing cholesteatomas? When should we refer infants with laryngomalacia? Is there a link between gastro-oesophageal reflux and laryngomalacia? Paediatric ENT consultant Julian Gaskin answers these questions and more as GP Ruth Bowen interviews him the common Primary Care ENT scenarios of obstructive sleep apnoea, laryngomalacia and acute, recurrent and chronic supporative otitis media.

Resources:

-ENT UK

-Bristol Royal Hospital for Children guideline: Obstructive sleep apnoea

-NICE guideline: Acute otitis media

-NICE guideline: Otitis media with effusion

-NICE guideline: Chronic supporative otitis media