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Or even if you can find it…. Much happiness (and collaborations) come from an email saying ‘your new paper is really interesting and has powerful real-world impact.’

- hearing experiences and insights from patients who have taken part in research,
- a national update from DHSC,
- a discussion on workforce,
- workshops on emerging leadership, digital/AI trials, mental health research and research culture.

Look out for updates over the next two days. #UKRDSummit

Looks really interesting, but young people’s voices don’t seem to be centred in this debate. “This conference brings together scholars, activists and NGOs.”

This place has exactly the same energy as the Palace would have done when it was newly built.

🤩 that will be very useful. Thanks!

Hi. What format will this be in? No reason it should be free, but I’m looking for a free resource to link to in a Padlet I’m putting together. Thanks!

Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed...

Pediatricians are cool to begin with

Now their blood is being used to make new treatments for RSV and colds! 👏🏽👏🏽

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

As a neurodevelopmental paediatrician it will need including in all medical history taking and differential diagnoses. Only 77% vaccination rate in over 2 year olds where I work - (and under 1s not yet vaccinated) 😩

As a paediatrician I have never seen a child with this. 😩

SSPE can be prevented by good uptake of the measles vaccination.

www.encephalitis.info/types-of-enc...

“Tested alone, LLMs complete the scenarios accurately, correctly identifying conditions in 94.9% of cases … on average. However, participants using the same LLMs identified relevant conditions in fewer than 34.5% of cases… - both no better than the control group.”

“we recommend systematic human user testing to evaluate interactive capabilities before public deployments in healthcare.”
Turns out that this needs saying.

Thanks. There are excellent resources embedded in this which I’m delighted to find and will now signpost to.

Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results.

A journal has retracted the largest leucovorin trial in people with autism—one of just five randomized clinical trials assessing this treatment in autistic people.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lar...

🌟 An NIHR ARC East of England study, developed in collaboration with young people and school staff, has produced evidence‑informed principles to help guide whole‑school approaches to addressing self‑harm among pupils.

Read more in our latest article here➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...

Prevention and tooth brushing can be difficult for all children and especially young #autisticchildren. So happy to have this resource to recommend . Please share widely. www.autismtoothcare.com

An ice slide on a public square

the kind of ICE I like: an ice slide on Sukhbaatar Square, in front of the State Opera in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Has the MRC research funding ‘pause’ been covered by any major news network?

It feels like it should be a major news story

On social media bans. The 13yo goes to special school where pupils come from far & wide - the kind of apps being discussed are those he uses for group chat after school, boosting his literacy and socialisation. He also loves making & sharing TikTok videos, one of his only creative/social outlets.

Put community repair shops on every high street. Our work shows people love it, increases community interaction & helps people keep essential goods going for longer giving them more money to spend on food & utility bills It reduces waste and so reduces local authority costs. It is a win, win, win.

Supporting social relationships in young people - ReSET School Mental Health Social Relationships and Mental Health in Adolescents - The Crucial Connection Episode 3 of the ReSET Podcast delves into the bidirectional relationship between social relationships and mental…

Featuring Pasco Fearon, Lucy Bowes, René Veenstra, and Roslyn Law.

Key insight: One close, positive friendship can buffer against mental health problems. Not popularity, not status - just one genuine connection.

🎧 buff.ly/aRlHqEk

#MentalHealth #Adolescence #PeerRelationships #SchoolMentalHealth

Symptom change in depression and anxiety during psychological therapy for autistic adults - Nature Mental Health Pender et al. evaluated depression and anxiety symptom trajectories in autistic adults receiving routine therapy in UK primary care.

Our new study, just published in Nature Mental Health: Symptom change in depression and anxiety during psychological therapy for autistic adults... [1/8]

🧵⤵️

#autres #mentalhealth

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A bust of the emperor Hadrian onto which someone has extremely badly photoshopped a row of stars on the forehead and a ginger Mohican. The aim is almost certainly to make the emperor resemble Vyvyan from The Young Ones. This aim has barely been met, at best.

24th Jan is the birthday of both @adrianedmondson.bsky.social and the Emperor Hadrian.

Ladies and Gentlemen we give you.....

...Hadrian Edmondson. 😳😐

The same

Thank you for highlighting this- i’ll add that ‘SEND’ is not a diagnosis but a description of current needs. Meeting those needs would work to prevent the ‘downwards spiral’ at school that Milburn identifies and lead to better futures. For many children we already know how to do this.

That was quite remarkable. And scary that without that parent knowing about the Australian situation, it would not be acted on by anyone here.

“The issue highlights post-Brexit gaps in health and safety law, which leave authorities unable to issue recalls without hard evidence of harm to health.” This is shocking and worth a read.

A few of our FPH events ahead!

📅 [28/01/26] - Launch of the Pandemic Preparedness and Response SIG

📅 [28/01/26] - Child health webinar

📅 [04/02/26] - Poverty, housing, and healthy places

Register and see more➡️ www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

For fun on world penguin day!

Sometimes, the only way around is over.

Little Wamata has already overcome a major life hurdle – and no fence will stop her now. With ingenuity, a dash of yoga and lots of determination, she made it to the tasty greens on the other side.

Her story: swt.bio/wamata

‼️ Only 3 weeks left ‼️
Abstract submissions for #CLS2026 are closing soon. We welcome submissions from academics and early-career researchers (including PhD students and clinical academics) across all areas of child language development. #DevLangDis #SLT #SLCN
🗓 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 (midnight)