Raising awareness of testicular torsion in schools is key to improving timely presentation
We’ve worked with NHS England Youth Board to develop 3 posters for schools to display, shared by Department for Education
👀bit.ly/3xuIoWk
➡️RHSE teaching resources: testicularhealth.info

A real privilege to be doing research into such an important condition for children and their families. We are so grateful for the support of Bowel Research UK and the families who support this work!

Sarah Almond Wilm’s science Alder Hey Paediatric Surgery Team Simon Kenny

Thanks to all who joined us today for our webinar on best practice for timely management of testicular torsion, esp to our panel of speakers
Missed it? A recording will be sent to everyone who registered & will be on the GIRFT website soon
Our TT pathway: bit.ly/3HYcfsc

A new call for collaborative surgical projects between 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health has just been launched! A great opportunity for surgeons wanting to develop their research experience in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine!

gosh.nhs.uk/our-research/o…

🚨New publication!🚨 Read here! ⬇️doi.org/10.1308/rcsann…

👨‍👦We’re working to raise awareness of testicular torsion and ensure best practice healthcare without delay for the 1 in 1,000 boys and young men who experience it.
Our NEW pathway for the management of testicular torsion is out TODAY
Read more here:🔗bit.ly/3OBdeTa pic.x.com/gqyxascqrz

PhD opportunity for someone interested in regen med therapies for #HirschsprungDisease with expert academics and clinicians Wilm’s science Sarah Almond Simon Kenny Patricia Murray at the brilliant University of Liverpool and 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 thanks to Bowel Research UK

findaphd.com/phds/project/d…

** Job opportunity **

Are you a post doc looking for a new adventure?

Come work with us in a positive research environment to help learn about inflammatory kidney diseases as part of EATC for Children and funded by Kidney Research UK

jobs.ac.uk/job/DFC469/pos…

🚨New publication🚨 Check out our latest publication in Pediatric Surgery International! Link below ⬇️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38147130/

Absolute legend and very much deserved! 🤩🤩

New opportunity for UK based general surgeons to take part in our NIHR Research funded RCT of surgery vs non-op management in children with simple appendicitis. >120 recruits from specialist centres. Looking to open in DGH. Interested? Pls DM me or [email protected] ASGBI

Really proud that 3 of my PhD students had minor corrections of their PhD accepted this year, and therefore been conferred their PhD!
Megan Smith (Hirschsprungs Disease), Suad Alghamdi (Lineage tracing in mouse embryos) and Ioana Martinas (cell therapies in kidney injury model)!

After magnets ingestion, guidelines suggest repeating XRs regularly to check progression

How good is inter-rater agreement?
Not great, but most can spot non-progression

Great work by PSTRN
Jonny Neville George Bethell Rachel Harwood Nigel Hall
adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

Really proud of this piece of work and so great to work with @evoke_incisive to develop powerful resources for supporting patient choice and educating clinicians for boys with foreskin problems!

4skin-health.alderhey.nhs.uk

RCPCH Learning: Detecting Anorectal Malformations. New eLearning to help healthcare professionals detect anorectal malformations, explores normal anatomy, explains the initial assessment of newborns, how to inspect the perineum and what to do. More: bit.ly/RCPCH-Learning…

Great presentation by Jonny Neville on behalf of the PSTRN regarding patient and public involvement in paediatric achalasia research. Achalasia Action NRCM 2023 #NRCM2023

Very happy to say that @MegSmithSci passed her viva yesterday with minor corrections at @livuniHLS.
Thanks to the examiners Dr Carrie Duckworth Carrie Duckworth and Dr Conor McCann Conor McCann!

There are lots of MRes options for intercalation with Department of Women’s and Children’s Health - don’t be afraid to come and ask. DMs are open.

Our previous students are our best advert - happy to point you to them so you learn more

@alderhey Liverpool Paediatric Society Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences

See previous re-tweet - yet again children are de-prioritised by policy makers

Such a concern and highlights that as a country we fail to put Childrens’ needs above our own - this has been seen again and again over the past 3 years and something must be done