Paediatrics Annual Meeting – Presentations, Presidential Address & Symposium on 'Knife crime'

9.30 am
REGISTRATION & COFFEE

10.00 am        
RESEARCH AND AUDIT PRESENTATIONS (Details on how to submit an entry coming soon.....)

11.00 am        
BREAK 

11.15 am        
RESEARCH AND AUDIT PRESENTATIONS

12.15 pm       
The Annual General Meeting of the Section of Paediatrics will take place immediately prior to the Presidential Address to formally elect new Office bearers and members of Council

12.20 pm
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS of Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie, Consultant Neonatologist and National Clinical Director for Neonatal care for NHS England

1.00 pm          
LUNCH

2.00pm          
Jake Steward Memorial Lecture: THEME: The epidemic of knife crime in children
Professor Simon Kenny, National Clinical Director - Children and Young People; Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT

Simon is an experienced paediatric surgeon with considerable leadership experience and was part of the team of surgeons who treated the victims of the Southport knife attack. Simon was awarded an OBE in 2024         

2.35pm          
THEME: Action against knife crime
Dr Rachel Jenner, Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Manchester University NHS FT and Clinical Lead Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit. She is the co-chair of the Paediatric Emergency Medicine Intercollegiate Specialty Advisory Committee.

3.10 pm        
TEA BREAK

3.30 pm         
THEME: A personal experience - knife crime
Mr Matthew Norford, Founder & Chair, 1 Message 

Matthew has experienced being involved in criminal activity,  gangs as well as time in jail. He however turned his life around and has since set up the organisation 1Message to work with young people to tackle gang crimes. He has a passion for helping children and young people and has created a service that successfully delivers its message to hundreds of young people across Greater Manchester and beyond 

4.15 pm         
Panel discussion and Q & A

4:30 pm    
Closing comments

All attendees will receive a CPD certificate of attendance