WPS Spring Clinical Meeting 2024
Event details
Dr Hamilton Grantham, Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Naomi Simmons are pleased to be hosting the Welsh Paediatric Society Spring Clinical Meeting 2024 at the iconic Wrexham Association Football Club in Wrexham, North Wales.
Dr Hamilton Grantham, Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Naomi Simmons would like to invite their paediatric colleagues across Wales and neighbouring deaneries to attend the 1 ½ day clinical meeting from Thursday 16th May to Friday 17th May. It will include a dinner followed by entertainment.
Day 1 of the clinical meeting will focus on exploring determinants and inequalities in child health and day 2 will then showcase the latest scientific abstract presentations from paediatricians across Wales
The call for abstracts is now open with the deadline being Thursday 14th March.
Registration is now open and early bird rates are available for WPS members until Thursday 18th April
Keynote speakers
Ceriann is a Consultant in Public Health in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Public Health Team. Her portfolio includes healthy weight, physical activity and vulnerable groups. She is currently leading on implementing a Whole System Approach to Healthy Weight in North Wales.
Prior to working in North Wales, Ceriann worked in Cheshire West and Chester (CW&C) Council as a Consultant in Public Health. Her portfolio included Children and Young People, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention.
Ceriann undertook her Public Health medical speciality training in Cheshire and Merseyside and over the five years of training held placements across a range of Local Authorities, NHS Trusts and Public Health England in. Qualifying during the COVID pandemic she held key leadership roles in the pandemic response, including adult social care lead in Liverpool City Council during the first wave and education lead in CW&C Council leading on the re-opening of schools in the second wave.
Prior to entering public health speciality training Ceriann’s leadership journey has involved a range of roles within the public sector including NHS management, local government planning and commissioning and voluntary sector service delivery. These roles had a particular focus on the addiction field.
Following a career in Interpreting & Translation and working with vulnerable groups, Leona transitioned to supporting medical and dental trainees from refugee background at the School of Postgraduate Medical & Dental Education (Wales Deanery) in 2001. Since 2004, Leona has fostered culture of support in Wales Deanery and now in Health Education and Improvement Wales, leading on areas including International Medical Graduates, Medical Recruitment and Professional Support to doctors, dentists and pharmacists in training. She specialises in working with individuals and organisations to unlock potential, through realising strengths, improving wellbeing, achieving goals, and maximising performance.
Leona is an experienced trainer and an accredited Member of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, leading on educational activities for trainees and faculty in Wales around recognition of issues affecting progression through medical and dental postgraduate training, maximising performance, differential attainment, performance support, mentoring, career development, wellbeing, and self-care. Leona’s work in enhancing training culture is recognised nationally and internationally and she is an active member of the International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE) Programme Advisory Board.
Louise is a paediatric ST6 on the North Wales paediatric training program and has a special interest in paediatric diabetes and global health. From March 2022 until December 2022, Louise worked with RCPCH global links in Janakpur, Nepal on the Nepal Neonatal and Emergency Paediatric Care Programme (NNEPCP). She feels strongly that we can learn a lot from health care development in other countries and that the quality improvement methods used abroad can be utilised in the NHS.
Rachel is the Consultant Lead for the Children's Nutrition and Obesity Team within the Health Improvement Division at Public Health Wales. With over fifteen years of experience in the UK's NHS, Rachel brings a wealth of expertise as both a Public Health Specialist and a Registered Nurse. Her responsibilities include leading the implementation of the All Wales Breastfeeding Action Plan, orchestrating the delivery of the 10 Steps to a Healthy Weight strategic health improvement program, and advocating for a comprehensive whole-school approach to food. Rachel is committed to enhancing the health and well-being of children throughout Wales through collaborative leadership and a focus on creating the conditions children and families need to thrive.
Dr Sarah Mayell has been a Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital since 2010. She graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine and completed paediatric training in South Wales, Birmingham, and Mersey regions. Sarah’s interest in paediatrics started during an undergraduate placement at Llandough Hospital.
Sarah has developed an interest in wider influences on children’s respiratory health and has recently completed a Masters of Public Health with Warwick University. Her research focused on the relationship between air quality around primary schools in the Liverpool City Region and children’s lung function.
Specialist clinical interests include Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease and Cystic Fibrosis. Sarah has developed and leads the regional Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease service. Sarah is part of the Cystic Fibrosis Regional Service for Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales and is the lead Alder Hey clinician for the North Wales Cystic Fibrosis clinics.
Stuart has been a Consultant in Public Health in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board since March 2022. He has a special interest in the wider determinants of health having led a project to establish Gwent as the first Marmot region in Wales for the past two years. He also worked closely with multiagency partners as a member of Gwent Strategic Wellbeing Action Group, the officer body that supports Gwent Public Services Board.
His other current areas of interest are tobacco control, cancer inequities and public health research, having recently helped Torfaen to establish one of just two NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations in Wales.
Kerry Evans is the Disability Liaison Officer at Wrexham AFC.
Kerry has been in post for 7.5 years now, but the first 5 years she was a full-time volunteer for the club, prior to their new owners arriving and then for the past 2.5 years as a full-time paid member of staff.
Kerry’s role is to take care and support all fans within Wrexham AFC with disabilities, and there are currently about 500 fans under her support. Her role gives fans with disabilities a voice and someone they know and trust to help.
Kerry is also continually bringing new initiatives to Wrexham AFC to lead the way as a club on accessibility and inclusion. Kerry wants no barriers at Wrexham AFC, everyone should feel welcome.
Location
The Welsh Paediatric Society Spring Clinical Meeting will be held at the iconic Wrexham Association Football Club, it was founded in 1864, making it Wales’s oldest professional Football Club and the third oldest in the world. Founded by members of Wrexham Cricket Club at a meeting at the Turf Hotel, the team played their first match on October 22, 1864, against the Prince of Wales Fire Brigade at the Racecourse.
In November 2020, shortly after football returned following the COVID-19 pandemic, actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds made a bid to take over ownership of the Football Club. After passing a supporter vote, the takeover was confirmed on February 9, 2021. As part of the takeover, the Club became subject of the award-winning Welcome to Wrexham documentary. In 2023, promotion back to the EFL was achieved.
Accommodation details
The Ramada Plaza, Wrexham is a premier four-star hotel. It has 85 bedrooms including Executive and King Executive rooms which have exclusive use of the Executive Lounge. As a guest you will also get access to our mini gym, sauna and jacuzzi. The hotel have special rates for single and double occupancy for our delegates. Please book directly with the hotel as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Please quote the “Welsh Paediatric Society” to receive the discounted rate
