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Retired Paediatrician; Honorary Consultant Evelina London, Chair Together for Short Lives, Past Chair British Academy Childhood Disability. Past President RCPCH

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@Hilary_Cass
Hilary Cass
4 years
I’m pleased to be asked by @NHSEngland to lead a of review gender identity services for children & young people. More details about today’s announcement including my terms of reference are set out below. [1/2]
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@Hilary_Cass
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My review into gender identity services for children and young people has just gone live with its own Twitter account. Please follow @thecassreview in future to keep up with the latest news and updates.
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Attached are the core principles which will guide my review process. As you can see, it will take a little time to set up the structures to support this but I will post an update when more information is available.
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7 years
Appalling damage done to Charlie, his parents, GOSH and wider care of children by P. Hirano's unethical behaviour.
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4 years
There is some confusion on social media about the involvement of @drmbrady and @HelenStokesLam in the review I am leading on gender identity services for children & young people. To clarify, neither of them have any formal role in the review process.
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I’m currently finalising how I will carry out my review and I plan to set out how I will involve young people, families, and stakeholders, all of whom are vital to its success. I will be in touch with you soon. [2/2]
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Michael Brady and Helen Stokes-Lampard both welcomed the review in their respective leadership roles, but this review is independent of them and the organisations in which they work. More details of the review process to follow in due course.
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6 years
Brilliant news that @CRFertleman now elevated to Professor. So very well deserved and a triumph for recognition of educational academics @BobKlaber @HannahCJacob @CamillaKingdon @Damian_Roland @finegoulden @DrRanj @paul_winyard @mandowatson @RCPCHtweets
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Brilliant, brilliant news. So thrilled!! Knew I could spot a ‘good-un’ when he was a trainee in short pants. Next stop RCPCH President.
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What thrilling news today @BobKlaber now OBE Thank you for bringing 'joy at work' for all of us #QueensBirthdayHonour
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#RCPCH15 Lively session #MedsIQ launch. We have to kill this attitude if we want to succeed: http://t.co/QwD7ti8dqh
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7 years
Vast majority of child presentations to hospital could be managed in enhanced primary care with nurse / paed support. #CYPOOH
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"Health is made at home, hospitals are for repairs" Nigel Crisp #RCPCH16
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6 years
Wow - so exciting that our very own @DrRanj in Strictly!!! How thrilling is that!??
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OMG!! THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!! ✨🕺🏾✨
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#RCPCH18 Earlier you invest in children, the better the return.
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Charlie Gard: The Facts
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5 years
Superb talk by Yvonne Coghill at #RCPCH19 on tackling discrimination in NHS. Inequalities for BME staff shocking.
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#RCPCH19 Burnout costs - in sickness and safety incidents
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#RCPCH15 Off home. Au revoir @rcpch_trainees @RCPCH_and_Us @RCPCHtweets @The_RHG Thanks to all for great 3 days & fun 3 years. Catch up soon
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7 years
Important to read re Charlie Gard
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7 years
Sat next to @LucyAlexandria and her wonderful assistance dog Molly in mtg today. Young Person rep essential, lovely dog to snuggle (with permission from Lucy cos working!) a real bonus.
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@DrRanj @JManrara @bbcstrictly Gutted! But be proud of getting this far while doing 2 taxing day jobs. Not many others could have worked those hours and progressed from ground zero to great dancer. 🕺 👏
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@RCPCHPresident Good luck to our new President. Your predecessors will be proud of you.
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@RainbowTrustCC @MattHancock Really important read for everyone working with seriously ill children and their families, and those with medically complex conditions @BWCHBoss @whosalama @lornafraser10 @Col_Partnership @CommChildHealth @BACD_tweets @RCPCHtweets
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@Hilary_Cass
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8 years
@HelenStokesLam @rcgp @sarahwollaston @clarercgp And perhaps PM should spend day shadowing GP to see how exhausting job is.
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Neonatal Tips | Daily neonatal tips aligned to the RCPCH level 1 neonatal curriculum - check it out - great resource
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8 years
@VictoriaLIVE @rcgp Two distractions: 7-day services and 'health tourism'. Both duck core issues: funding and workforce at breaking point.
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8 years
First minute in chain of office @HelenStokesLam Congrats and good luck. And thanks to @Maureenrcgp
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9 years
@nahpsofficial Charlotte Cooper on financial savings of avoiding anaesthetics thr involvement of play specialists -PLUS best for children!
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8 years
#childpatientcare Stirring words from Jackie Cornish at RSM meeting. And end with Kennedy quote.
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6 years
So delighted to announce Andrew Fletcher’s @itsandyfletch appointment as @Tog4ShortLives new CEO. It’s great news for the #CPC sector and for all children & families we are here for.
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11 years
You know you're a paediatrician when the fingerprints on your iPad are chocolate flavoured and belong to your last patient #paedsproblems
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Hilary Cass
6 years
Brilliant blog by the wise @nedwards_1 We need paradigm shift in how we train our healthcare staff to meet these changes @ingridjohanna66 @BobKlaber @ClareGerada @finegoulden @HelenRCGP @RCPCHPresident @Damian_Roland @HannahCJacob
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8 years
@SquareMileIndia @JessBogic @DMUVC @Moving_Together These kids have so little, but smile so much!
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If you're having trouble leading change here's why! Machiavelli c/o Professor Deborah Gill
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6 years
Population growth of children on long term ventilation in Nottingham - we need more nurses! @bacd #BACD2019
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1 year
Poverty of ambition gets in the way of making progress. #lenehanlecture
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10 years
Excellent news! Investment in mental health for today's CYP; an investment in everyone's future. @maxdavie @WesselyS http://t.co/6sSLuDje9L
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9 years
At launch of undergraduate child health curriculum. Well done @HannahCJacob - important for every future doctor and of course for all CYP
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7 years
Makes you think....
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9 years
The word is RETINAL Vision Express
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Hilary Cass
2 years
Immediate learning about need for relational lexicon within 10 mins of start of day. Thanks to ⁦ @BobKlaber ⁩ ⁦ @LondonPaeds ⁩ ⁦ @CamillaKingdon
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4 years
@marklewismd Anyone who said one man can’t change the world never ate a bowl of half cooked bat soup @keirshiels
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Hilary Cass
9 years
@clarercgp @BobKlaber @CamillaKingdon @MelJMilner @RCPCH_and_Us Tx Down to amazing colleagues, trainees and YAP who have made it all happen
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Hilary Cass
7 years
@DrMikeFarquhar @EvelinaLondon @RCPCHtweets Thanks to all my wonderful friends and colleagues @EvelinaLondon
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Hilary Cass
4 years
@Tog4ShortLives @itsandyfletch I must be the luckiest Chair in the sector - having @itsandyfletch as my CEO!! Yay 🍾🍾🎉🎊
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7 years
It was our agonising job as Charlie Gard's care team to say: enough | Anonymous
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4 years
@RCPCHtweets @CamillaKingdon @SteveTurnerABDN Excellent news - so pleased for Camilla, Steve, and RCPCH. I know @CamillaKingdon will be a superb successor to @russellviner with the right values at the right time. And super proud that she followed in my footsteps as Head of School in London and now RCPCH President
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@Hilary_Cass
Hilary Cass
8 years
Trying to understand safety by only looking at incidents - like trying to understand sharks by only looking at shark attacks. A. Plunkett
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@Hilary_Cass
Hilary Cass
9 years
@FionaSmithRCN @WeCYPnurses @KathEvans2 @CarterBernie @DoreenCrawford A real honour - thanks so much to all who nominated / supported me.
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@Hilary_Cass
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8 years
@HelenStokesLam @rcgp @sarahwollaston GPs working flat out and on their knees manning front line. No 10 demanding longer hours ridiculous!
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Hilary Cass
6 years
Petition: Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. Andrea Leadsom sarcastically said it would need action if it gets to 17.4 million. Make her eat her words by @taking it to 20 million
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@Hilary_Cass
Hilary Cass
10 years
Here's how our RCPCH 2015 Vision asks have been incorporated into main party manifestos: http://t.co/OLcIv8rdI3 @KathEvans2 @Damian_Roland
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@stephnimmo @Tog4ShortLives Thanks @stephnimmo ❤️Such a wonderful send off by a brilliant group of Trustees - past and present, as well as wonderful friends of @Tog4ShortLives and an amazing Senior Management Team who do all the real work. Led by the inimitable @itsandyfletch
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@RCPCHtweets @RCPCHPresident Much that can't be said about this case but the clear duty of every paediatrician is to act in the best interests of the child.
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8 years
@ADC_BMJ @RMBeattie50 A great EiC who has taken journal to a new level. Huge loss to ADC.
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@itsandyfletch @KerrElliott @rachel3thomp @hayleysmallman @fewwordswoman @DerianDavidR @anneharris_rt Such a dynamic group of people to have on board, helping shape the future of @Tog4ShortLives and children’s palliative care. Came away buzzing!!
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Hilary Cass
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@lizmarder @KathEvans2 @MelJClem @ncbtweets @Blisscharity Thanks for all the support - all about us being one loud voice for child health!
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8 years
Wot do you mean 'cross infection risk??'
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4 years
Challenge of research in this area beautifully summed up, along with suggestions of the way forward.
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Peter Rosenbaum asks: How do we know if interventions in developmental #disability are effective? how do we think/talk about what is effective? whose goals do we address? how do we evaluate programmes? key words: quantitative, qualitative, longitudinal
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8 years
End of wonderful day in Ravello and Amalfi
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5 years
@Elfie41767774 @RogdFamily @rodgmum @DetransAdNet All perspectives, experiences, data and evidence - about both risks and benefits - will be important in coming to a balanced view about policy. Aim is to listen, learn and try and achieve best possible consensus on way forward.
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@katcashmeade @hollowornate @MartinNHW @cpeedell It’s not just about the negotiations- it’s about how European scientists, doctors and academics feel. I personally have talented medical friends from EU who have left UK after many years because they no longer feel welcome. And it’s our loss not theirs.
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@acorbettn @neoozwrangler @CritCareReviews Sadly that's the part of this tragic affair that most of the public will never hear about.
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Hilary Cass
10 years
Baby check lesson: Most newborns open their eyes when held upright - BUT you only forget ONCE to replace nappy beforehand #paediatrics101
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7 years
@CheungRonny @guardian @NuffieldTrust @kossarova @eiliskeeble Well done on raising profile, but what a sad indictment on our times and national priorities.
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@dr_da_lewis @gmcuk @RCPCHPresident @GreatOrmondSt Agree and I would sign that as Past President. Am on case discussing
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@FionaSmithRCN @WeCYPnurses @KathEvans2 @CarterBernie @DoreenCrawford Feels very special to be an honorary member of the CYP nursing world!
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Improve communication of care plans using whiteboard (QI project) #rcpchconference2014 . Great video by Yincent Tse http://t.co/dmfSAxgry7
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8 years
@SquareMileIndia Children loving having the DMU team here
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6 years
Really sobering data about decline in services for disabled children across Europe. @Tog4ShortLives @ingridjohanna66 @MelJMilner @BACD_tweets @CommChildHealth @stephnimmo @CDC_tweets
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8 years
Good picture of parallel nature of palliative and curative care. Lorna Fraser #RCPCH16
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10 years
#expertparent Next @development programme for expert siblings?
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#EvelinaQI @GrangerKate Talking about the 'little things' - how people introducing themselves made her feel human again
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6 years
@baby_dr_claire @PaedTweet @anna_annabav @AnnaKyle12 @yougotthiswell @RCPCHPresident @NeenaModi1 @jamestooley @RCPCH_TA Tough one - I’ve failed too often! My advice: ‘It’s a really interesting project and would love to do it (almost always true), but I’m so overloaded I can’t take on more because I’d let both you and myself down’. And if you can point then to someone else to help, better still.
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#EvelinaQI Realised tonite people aren't inspired by @GrangerKate because she's a young doc with cancer but because she's Kate. @KathEvans2
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7 years
Check this out quickly before someone takes it down: CONFOUNDS THE SCIENCE (Parody of Sound of Silence)
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10 years
@KathEvans2 @PhilipMcC @LisaMurphy107 @RCPCH_YAP @ThinesG Must find out what my followers are up to....so I can follow them!!
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Hilary Cass
6 years
Couldn’t agree more!!
@CamillaKingdon
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Fantastic news @HannahCJacob 👍😄 I love it when great people succeed and you’ll be brilliant! #paedsrocks @RCPCHtweets
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@SamanthaJNHS @KathEvans2 @NHSEngland Great - let's talk - lots of enthusiastic champions in child health world keen to work with you.
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Adrian Plunkett talking about learning from excellence - need to focus on outstanding not just error
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9 years
3 more days as @rcpch_president then tweeting as @Hilary_Cass . Looking forward to lots of joint activity to transform child health workforce
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#childpatientcare Mitch Blair - look at outcomes, financial or moral arguments - all point to need for interagency collaboration.
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6 years
@helenbevan @jorgebarba I followed my passion - but critically the passion wasn’t static. It was an evolving series of passions that led me from general paeds to neurodisability to medical education to policy to President RCPCH.
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Help slow the spread of #COVID19 and identify at risk cases sooner by self-reporting your symptoms daily, even if you feel well 🙏🏼. Download the app
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Of course tricky balance, but cancer waits need to be considered alongside Covid risks, not as an opposing factor to a cautious reopening. Can someone please get this across?? @DrRanj @DrNavChana @ClareGerada @HelenStokesLam @ShaunLintern @vsmacdonald
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