The Paeds Round

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Listen to real-world advice and guidance on how to manage a range of clinical topics and much else on education, training and working in paediatrics. With Dr Emma Lim, Consultant Paediatrician and Dr Christo Tsilifis, Paediatric Registrar, plus parents, paediatric specialists and junior doctors.

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S1 · E17
July 28 · 49 min
Food allergy and other tough nuts to crack
Emma and the team are joined by one of the world's leading experts in paediatric food allergy, Professor George du Toit. The panel discuss the diagnosis of allergies, peanut allergy, the potential links between eczema and food allergies, skin-prick testing, breastfeeding and much more. Guest: Professor George du Toit is Professor of Paediatric Allergy at the Evelina London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Kings College London. He has helped establish specialist paediatric clinics focused on food allergy (prevention and treatment), chronic urticaria, and drug allergy. Hosts: Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis Read the transcript for this epsiode. This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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April 7 · 35 min
Food insecurity
What would you do if you saw a child at school stuffing toast into his backpack so his baby sister could eat, because there was no food at home? With four and a half million children in the UK living in poverty, food insecurity is a growing and deeply concerning issue. It has a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of children and young people. This week Emma and Christo are joined by Professor Greta Defeyter to go over the effects of food insecurity on child development, the details of food deserts and food swamps, and the practical steps we can take. Guest: Professor Greta Defeyter OBE is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Northumbria University and the founder and director of the Healthy Living Lab. Hosts: Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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February 3 · 28 min
The secrets of sickle cell
How can paediatricians offer patients with sickle cell disease the best possible care? How do we listen to children and young people, and their families, to help recognise and manage their painful crises? Emma and the team are joined by Dr Subarna Chakravorty, a consultant haematologist, to discuss the NICE guidelines for sickle cell and thalassemia and the management of pain. The panel discusses how children of different ages experience pain differently and why it's important to consider co-morbidities. Guest: Dr Subarna Chakravorty, Consultant Haematologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London. Subarna has a special interest in non-malignant haematology and stem cell transplant for haemoglobinopathy and non-malignant diseases. Hosts: Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis Download episode transcript This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Nov 6, 2025 · 34 min
The guardians of the antibiotics
Antibiotics have a huge impact on delivering health care and reducing mortality – about a third of children in hospitals are taking these medicines – but the threat of antimicrobial resistance is real. Dr Sanjay Patel, a consultant in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology, talks to hosts Emma and Christo about its causes and how we can improve antimicrobial stewardship for the benefit of all patients. Download transcript (PDF) This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Sep 23, 2025 · 36 min
Drilling down into teeth
Children's oral health is in a crisis: it's the most common reason for children to visit a hospital and it's not improving as quickly as we need. Professor Peter Day, paediatric dentist and professor of children's oral health, speaks with us around the stark facts on tooth decay – it affects 10% of three-year-olds and 48% of 15-year-olds – with impact on a child's ability to sleep, eat, talk and go to school, and on the health service – and how community interventions can help. Plus, how supervised tooth brushing can provide economic as well as health benefits. Professor Peter Day is a Paediatric Dentist (in Leeds and Bradford) and Professor of Children's Oral Health at the University of Leeds with interests and expertise in children's oral health research and dental trauma. He speaks with the podcast host and paediatrician, Dr Emma Lim. Download transcript (PDF) This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Aug 13, 2025 · 41 min
Vax machines – Preventing infectious disease
Our very special guest, the former Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunology, Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, joins Emma and Christo to highlight the importance of prevention of infectious diseases and how this could change the future of child health and the NHS itself. The panel discusses population health in general, children with immunodeficiencies, vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy amongst much else. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard is Professor of Infection and Immunity at the University of Oxford, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and was Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) for 12 years until June 2025. This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Jul 8, 2025 · 27 min
Get your teeth into this - Paediatric dental health
By the age of 8, one in three children show signs of tooth decay, and this can lead to broader health complications. So, what should paediatricians look out for? Dr Greig Taylor, a paediatric dentist and clinical lecturer, joins Emma and the team to explore the state of children's oral health. They delve into the causes of dental decay and preventative measures. And they highlight the particular needs of immunocompromised children and why children with diabetes face a heightened risk of oral infections. Dr Greig Taylor is a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at Newcastle University and a Specialist Paediatric Dentist at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals Trust. Featuring: Dr Greig Taylor, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis Download full transcript (PDF) This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Odland. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Apr 8, 2025 · 27 min
Protecting infants with the maternal vaccine for RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is very common and can cause disease ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infections to bronchiolitis, pneumonia or even death. In the UK, intensive care wards in the winter are extremely busy and 20,000 to 30,000 children are hospitalised with RSV each year. This is a disease that causes a huge burden in infants both in the UK and globally. Dr Simon Drysdale, a consultant in paediatric infectious disease, joins our hosts Dr Emma Lim and Dr Chisto Tsilifis to discuss the maternal RSV vaccine, which has been rolled out across the UK, plus advances in research and other recently licensed vaccines. RCPCH had a significant role in ensuring the RSV immunisation programme was introduced in the UK following publication of the JCVI's recommendation to develop one. In March 2024, we published an open letter signed by over 2,000 members urging the UK Government to implement a full RSV immunisation programme for both infants and adults across the UK. Our letter generated media coverage and UK parliamentary attention with MPs and Peers supporting our calls. As a result of our campaign, we welcomed announcements from all four UK governments confirming the rollout of new RSV programmes for infant protection from August 2024 in Scotland, and September for Northern Ireland, Wales and England. Dr Simon Drysdale is Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Oxford Children's Hospital and a Senior Lecturer in Vaccinology at the University of Oxford. This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Medisense. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Sep 17, 2024 · 37 min
What you can do for sustainable healthcare
The NHS has a large carbon footprint. So how can we as child health professionals help lower the environmental impact of delivering healthcare? Today's guest on The Paeds Round, Dr Emily Parker, RCPCH Clinical Fellow and paediatric junior doctor in Newcastle speaks with host Dr Emma Lim on how we can all make a difference. Emily and Emma discuss the surprisingly high carbon footprint of liquid medicines, how to optimise asthma care to reduce medication use and the benefits of dry powder inhalers over metered-dose inhalers. They also look at how to advocate for better air pollution management, which help prevent diseases like asthma. Dr Emily Parker is RCPCH Clinical Fellow with the Clean Air Fund Partnership and a paediatric junior doctor at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle. Download transcript (PDF) This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Medisense. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Jul 16, 2024 · 41 min
Measles in 2024 - What paediatricians and healthcare workers need to know
Due to the success of vaccinations, measles in children had lain largely dormant in the UK over past decades. But cases have been rising. We address the key questions for paediatricians and healthcare workers. How serious is this disease? How infectious is it? And what do you do about it? The paeds round is delighted to welcome back Dr Liz Whittaker who speaks with our regular host Dr Emma Lim. Liz and Emma discuss how you can tell if a child with a fever or rash has measles, and looking out for the 'three Cs'. And they explore the long-term implications of this disease. Liz is a senior clinical lecturer in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology. She divides her time between Imperial College London and the Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, St Marys Hospital, London where she is a consultant paediatrician. Download transcript (PDF) Links: Top Tips: Measles - bitesize learning on RCPCH Learning Think Measles - RCPCH poster with symptoms and advice Measles: an update - RCPCH webinar from February 2024 on RCPCH Learning Find your local health protection team This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Medisense. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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May 28, 2024 · 37 min
Healthier Together - Supporting families with high-quality health information
The Healthier Together programme provides clear and accurate health information for parents, young people and pregnant women. It's a website, but there's also an underlying ethos to ensure health professionals are consistent in what we communicate with families. Dr Sanjay Patel, paediatric infectious diseases and immunology consultant, joins hosts Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis to discuss how Healthier Together can benefit families, especially from underserved communities. Plus top tips on how you can get the most out of the programe. Healthier Together: https://www.what0-18.nhs.uk Download full transcript (PDF) This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Medisense. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Apr 23, 2024 · 40 min
Social media – What do paediatricians need to know?
How can child health professionals use social media in a professional capacity - including for public health information and for learning? What are its benefits and what are its perils? And how can you protect yourself as a clinician? This month on The Paeds Round, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis are joined by our multi-talented podcast producer and dermatology registrar, Dr Jonny Guckian, who runs the medical education site, MediSense, and has held numerous social media-facing roles. Jonny, Emma and Christo discuss the good and the bad of social media and offer practical guidance on how you can make the most of these platforms. Download transcript (PDF) Links mentioned in the episode: General Medical Council ethical hub – social media guidance Bloom's taxonomy of learning (Wikipedia) Kidzmed eLearning programme This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Medisense. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast relates only to the speaker and not necessarily to their employer, organisation, RCPCH or any other group or individual. Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning. Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Mar 5, 2024 · 44 min
Having a GAS – Group A Strep
What exactly is group A Streptococcus and what are its carriage rates? How do we pick apart those paediatric patients with viral illnesses from those with strep throat? Emma and Christo are joined by Dr Liz Whittaker, a paediatric infectious diseases consultant in London, an academic at Imperial College and convener of the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG) to discuss this bacteria. They discuss whether or not to use antibiotics, understanding rashes and much more. With your hosts, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis. Download transcript: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2024-03/The-paeds-round-5-transcript.pdf This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (www.medisense.org.uk). Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk). Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts for discussions on a wide range of child health topics - from health inequalities to climate change, from paediatric training to quality improvement.
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Jan 23, 2024 · 55 min
What's hot on fever?
It's January and all the children are back in school. And that means it's a chance to swap viruses and herald in the new year with fevers! This month's episode has the answers to your questions as child health professionals on this burning problem. Should you worry about the height of the fever? Should you give antipyretics? How do you reassure parents and carers that fevers are part of everyday life? All of these issues are discussed, along with a passionate plea to make hand washing great again. So don't get hot under the collar, listen to The Paeds Round as we take time out to chat to special guest, Dr Alasdair Munro, senior clinical research fellow in paediatric infectious diseases at the University of Southampton (https://alasdairmunro.substack.com/about and https://twitter.com/apsmunro). With your hosts, Dr Emma Lim and Dr Christo Tsilifis. Download transcript (PDF) This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (https://www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (https://www.medisense.org.uk). Subscribe to The Paeds Round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk). Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts for discussionsonawide range of child health topics - from health inequalities to climate change, from paediatric training to quality improvement.
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Dec 19, 2023 · 19 min
Neonatal herpes simplex virus disease – Management
We're back for episode 3 of The Paeds Round with special guest Dr Katy Fidler joining our hosts Emma Lim and Christo Tsilifis to talk about the management of herpes simplex virus. We discuss stigma, when to worry about HSV, the importance of early detection and what to look out for. Katy is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant in Brighton and a Reader in Paediatrics at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She also currently runs the national study on neonatal herpes through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit. This is the final episode in our three-part mini-series on HSV. We'll return in the new year to discuss fever. Download transcript: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/The-paeds-round-transcript-HSV-management.pdf This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (https://www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (https://www.medisense.org.uk). Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk). Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.
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Dec 5, 2023 · 25 min
Neonatal herpes simplex virus disease – mother-to-child transmission
We're back for episode 2 of The Paeds Round with special guest Dr Hermione Lyall joining our hosts Emma Lim and Christo Tsilifis to talk about maternal to child transmission of herpes simplex virus and the importance of early detection of this rare condition. Hermione is a paediatric infectious diseases consultant at St Mary's hospital in London and brings a wealth of experience to this discussion. She has a special interest in congenital infections and has worked tirelessly to prevent their transmission, which she discusses at length in this second of our three-part series on HSV. Listen out for the third part of this series on 19 December. Download transcript: https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/Transcript-The-paeds-round-2-neonatal-HSV-transmission.pdf This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (https://www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (https://www.medisense.org.uk). Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk). Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel. Resources relating to this episode The British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASSH) is updating its clinical guideline, Management of Anogenital Herpes in Pregnancy and the Neonate. The advice for prophylaxis in pregnancy has been updated to: "Start aciclovir from 32 weeks generally or 22 weeks in any woman where there is a suspected risk of prematurity". Video: Dr Hermione Lyall | PaeCH Teaching for Trainees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XE1gjt_Vq0 Samies NL, James SH, Kimberlin DW. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Disease: Updates and Continued Challenges. Clin Perinatol. 2021 Jun;48(2):263-274. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2021.03.003. PMID: 34030813. Melvin AJ, Mohan KM, Vora SB, Selke S, Sullivan E, Wald A. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection: Epidemiology and Outcomes in the Modern Era. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Mar 24;11(3):94-101. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab105. PMID: 34894240; PMCID: PMC8946680. Waheed S, Nuttall L, Fidler K, Dudley J, Bamford A, Lyall H. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus: Cutaneous Recurrence Is Common on Stopping Prophylactic Suppression Therapy. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Dec 5;11(11):518-521. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac098. PMID: 36048737.
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Oct 10, 2023 · 34 min
Neonatal herpes simplex virus disease – THANKS (think hands and no kisses)
Though common and self-limiting in older children and adults, herpes simplex viral infection can cause a spectrum of neonatal disease from simple lesion to devastating encephalitis. How can we identify babies at risk and provide appropriate treatment? In this episode, Sarah discusses her devastating story of losing a child to neonatal HSV and her work in raising awareness of neonatal HSV. Featuring Emma Lim and Christo Tsilifis with Sarah de Malplaquet, parent of Kit, and founder of the Kit Tarka Foundation. See transcript at https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-10/The-paeds-round-HSV-infection-transcript.pdf This podcast is a collaboration between the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (https://www.rcpch.ac.uk) and Medisense (https://www.medisense.org.uk). Subscribe to The paeds round for more educational episodes! And, you can find more RCPCH educational resources on RCPCH Learning (https://learning.rcpch.ac.uk). Want to hear more from RCPCH? Search for and subscribe to RCPCH Podcasts, our main channel.

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