Author: SicKids

Earlier this year we were thrilled to award our first grant to Nurse Sue Higgins, a children’s nurse from North Manchester. In May Sue joined our Trustee, Professor Andrew Rowland, at M’Lop Tapang, a leading organisation working with vulnerable children, youth, their families, and their communities in South West Cambodia. Our project aims to improve the health …

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The first recipient of one of our grants in relation to our medical outreach clinics, developing talent and sharing skills project, Sister Sue Higgins, a children’s nurse from The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has safely returned to the UK after a successful week in Cambodia. This project aims to improve the health and wellbeing …

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This week the SicKids team are in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, supporting the health and wellbeing of local children and parents alongside the excellent team at M’Lop Tapang. Interestingly, we’ve learned about a prevalence of lead poisoning in the region – something that’s very rare in the UK these days. Local health workers believe this is due, …

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During Cambodia’s troubled past many text books were lost, leaving knowledge gaps and a lack of resources for health workers today. This donation of medical text books by our trustee, Dr Andrew Rowland, will help the health clinic at M’Lop Tapang in Sihanoukville to build a new library of resources to enhance the care provided …

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This week the SicKids team are in Cambodia supporting the health and wellbeing of children and young people in and around Sihanoukville. Today Dr Andrew Rowland and Nurse Sue Higgins were delighted to welcome back Samnang* to their clinic. He was last seen in clinic during Andrew’s last visit to M’Lop Tapang in November, with severe …

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Today Sister Sue Higgins, the first recipient of a SicKids medical outreach grant, delivered what we believe to be the first ever baby massage training in Cambodia. During her second of six days working alongside the amazing organisation M’Lop Tapang in Sihanoukville, local mothers and health workers joined Sue to learn how to administer baby massage. Baby …

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Our Trustee, Andrew, was delighted to deliver the  Key Note Lecture in Swindon today. Joining a series of excellent speakers, Andrew’s lecture reminded everyone of the seven steps necessary to better protect children and young people, both in the UK and abroad. A key theme that emerged from the presentations today was the importance of …

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Our founder, Professor Andrew Rowland, is jetting off to Cape Town today. There he’ll facilitate conversations about the recognition of child abuse, neglect and exploitation, and recognising and responding to children and young people with mental health needs, at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine. The conference is all about global knowledge sharing. As Andrew learned during his Winston …

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We’re thrilled to today award our first grant related to our medical outreach project. Funding from SicKids will support a registered sick children’s nurse (RSCN), Sister Sue Higgins, from North Manchester General Hospital to travel to Cambodia this week as part of a shared learning partnership. Sister Higgins will teach Cambodian health workers the benefits …

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SicKids was inspired by our Founder Andrew’s work following his Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellowship in 2014, and his highly acclaimed report, Living On a Railway Line. Andrew’s report has now been seen in 94 countries around the world and viewed almost 7900 times in 2015. Andrew says: As 2015 draws to a close I’ve been …

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