Over 100 places already booked for our Kids Sim Ed team & RCGPNI collab next month- RCPCHIreland, GPs, General Practice Training NI & NI Paeds trainees , ANPs, QUB Centre for Medical Education & School of Medicine | Ulster University students -with a great line up,clinical education sessions & debate- miss it, miss out #paeds #childhealth #gp

Your baby doesn’t need shoes. 👞 Learning to walk is a complex process that, among other things, requires strength and coordination across an entire network of muscles and tendons. As your infant develops, shoes can actually slow progress toward walking by limiting movement

A 'lack of play' is concerning due to its' significant role in a child's development, ncluding speech & language @rcslt "we integrate play into physiotherapy and speech and language therapy, enhancing overall development and coping mechanisms" irishnews.com/news/northerni…

We agree with every word of this. Please RT if you do too.

Our Children’s Symptom Checker is one year old today! Since then, we have had over 66,000 people using our Symptom Checker and we have received some great feedback 👏 Find out more about the Symptom Checker here: belfasttrust.hscni.net/hospitals/chil…

This November, the #ESCNH calendar highlights the importance of #FamilyCentredCare. Early intimate contact between parents & infant promotes bonding, increases breastfeeding rates, & improves neurobehavioural development. Learn more at: newborn-health-standards.org/standards/stan… #11Months11Topics

Do you know about our Children's Symptom Checker? If your child is feeling unwell & before attending an Emergency Department, you can use the site to gain a better understanding of some common symptoms that affect kids & where you can get treatment 👇 bit.ly/4152EY3

We had an amazing day celebrating #WorldPrematurityDay It was great to see so many happy wee faces enjoying the event with their families and our staff 💜

Coughs and colds are likely to be caused by a virus and are very common in young children at this time of year. If you’re worried about your child’s symptoms, check out our Children’s Symptom Checker to determine the right course of action. Visit: bit.ly/3Ra0PqE

Parents, read to your #preemies in the #NICU. It works. RCT of parental reading program vs control finds lower rates of 2-year receptive language scores <7 (10% vs 38%; P < .02 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37717908/ #neoTwitter

Parents are the most powerful pain modifier there is. Parents are partners, babies are communicators. #gravensconference24

Our Children’s Symptom Checker is here to help you know what’s best for your child when they are unwell. We'd love to get your valued feedback on what is working best for you and the areas that can be improved ✅ Fill out our questionnaire here 👉 bit.ly/49CaqNp

Really important for schools to continue supporting the neurodevelopment of children born preterm

Please share to all who might want to attend. We hope the introduction of a walk and therapeutic craft activity will enable all family members to remember the precious child that died💜 Belfast Trust. Thank you to Helping Hand for funding the event.

Celebrating International Kangaroo Care Day in Regional Neonatal Unit Belfast Trust NeoSim Team #KangarooCareDay #KangarooCare #KC #FICare #NeonatalNursing #NeonatalAHP

Can you #help please? My elderly parents have gone missing in #Venice They got separated & my dad (with Alzheimer’s) has both their phones. They didn’t arrive back at the pick up point & no one knows where they are. They’re called Bronwen and Stan. Please share!

It’s like looking in a mirror. 🪞 Check out the joint attention between this little one (10 weeks) and her big brother - who’s teaching an absolute master class in how to stimulate baby’s brain. I mean, are these two locked in or what? Brother is at baby’s level, up close,

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cm… Jim Reed this is an important article on mask efficacy by Trisha Greenhalgh Dr Barry Jones David Osborn The BMA @ProfEmer

Delighted to announce details of our Neonatal Symposium which takes place online on Nov 15th 2024. Feel free to share the poster. Link to registration is on our FB page #WPD2024 #PrematureBabies #ImprovingOutcomes #education