We are at the start of a very serious pandemic that will result in a significant loss of life particularly for the elderly. COVID-19 is a new virus which means that we have no immunity to it at all. The virus is also highly infectious and we are expecting in the region of 70% of […]

You may have already seen my article in Hello magazine discussing where we are currently with Coronavirus and the likely impact in the paediatric population. Essentially the data looks reasonably good for children who contract coronavirus. The data from China, which is the largest source of data at the moment, suggests a very low mortality […]

I have decided to start to offer free Paediatric First Aid Courses to my local population (initially). So, every 3 months I will be holding a session in my local village hall in Bramham where I will be getting a group of volunteer paediatric doctors and nurses to teach you all about how to deal […]

Temperature is an important indicator of infection in a child. Parent’s often worry about the best way to take a temperature in their baby or child. My experience is that the forehead strips are variable and unreliable. The Royal college of nursing and NICE guidelines recommend that a baby under 4 weeks of age should […]

I first started seeing children with PANDAS about 9 years ago. PANDAS is an acronym for “Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus”. In simple terms this means that children, following a streptococcus (“Strep’) infection get unusual features such as tics (uncontrolled abnormal movements), obsessive compulsive behaviours, start wetting and may also have difficulty eating. […]