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Health inequalities are widening in paediatrics. Those that are more disadvantaged experience more safety issues whilst in health care.
If we can make our healthcare systems more equitable for the children and young people we can for, they will be safer in our care.
Dr Stewart shares her knowledge and experience as the °µÍø½ûÇø Officer for Health Improvement as to how our children are impacted by health inequalities. Dr Wade and Dr Malhotra discuss their BMJ paper, Action on patient safety can reduce health inequalities, and explore some of the improvement avenues that are available to clinicians and service providers.
Thank you for listening.
Dr Natalie Wyatt, °µÍø½ûÇø Clinical Fellow and Jonathan Bamber, °µÍø½ûÇø Head of Quality Improvement | Produced by 18Sixty
Please be advised that this podcast series contains stories relating to child death and harm. All views, thoughts and opinions expressed belong to the guests and not necessarily to their employer, linked organisations or °µÍø½ûÇø.
- °µÍø½ûÇø the Patient Safety series
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As doctors we ‘first, do no harm’. However, the systems in which we work are rife with safety issues and resultant harm. In thinking about how to improve this, we have brought together leaders in the field to discuss challenging and thought-provoking issues around keeping our children safe in healthcare settings.
We hope you will be entertained, educated and energised to make strides in improving the safety of the children that you care for.
The has lots of resources, including a wealth of learning about paediatric patient safety. The °µÍø½ûÇø health inequalities programme of work can be found on our key topics pages.
It is imperative to turn this knowledge into action through improvement activities.
- °µÍø½ûÇø the speakers
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Dr Helen Stewart is a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. She also has an interest in public health and health inequalities, which has led to her becoming the Officer for Health Improvement at °µÍø½ûÇø.
Dr Cian Wade completed a National Medical Director Clinical Fellowship with NHS England. He is a Fulbright Scholar who recently completed a Master of Public Health at Harvard University and now consults for health systems and healthcare providers.
Dr Mimi Malhotra completed a National Medical Director Clinical Fellowship with the Health Foundation. Dr Malhotra continues to work as a respiratory trainee in London with ab honorary clinical lectureship at UCL.
- Topics/organisations/papers referenced in this episode
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- °µÍø½ûÇø Health Improvement Committee
- °µÍø½ûÇø Child health inequalities driven by child poverty in the UK - position statement
- Vaping in children (°µÍø½ûÇø response to Government plan to ban disposable vapes)
- °µÍø½ûÇø Engaging children and young people resources
- °µÍø½ûÇø Six step toolkit for child health inequalities and poverty