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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£5.6K
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Spending
£7.6K
- Charity no. 101701
- Date registered. 15/04/2015
Public benefits
Purpose 1 To support paediatric research through publications and scientific meetings . What benefit flows from this purpose? The Ulster Paediatric Society was formed over 60 years ago with membership of paediatricians from across Northern Ireland. The purpose of working together as a society was to improve care of children in Northern Ireland
through advocacy, education and improved clinical practice. Looking firstly at a direct benefit whilst the Society does not provide direct clinical care to children, the direct benefit from supporting paediatric research is that children involved in research, audit and quality improvement projects receive improved care. By presenting audit results/ quality improvement projects, clinical practice can be benchmarked against national and international standards of best practice. This means that the children attending the paediatric services have a better quality of care delivered to them. The indirect benefit of presenting the results at scientific meetings means that the good practice and areas requiring improvement can be disseminated across NI therefore improving care of children outside the audit group. Can you demonstrate this? In the last year the Society has successfully held two meetings which provided a platform for junior colleagues to present audit, quality improvement projects and research to a group of peers and senior colleagues. At the last meeting the presentations where assessed for quality by a former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Aidan Halligan. He had been very impressed regarding the quality of work completed by the paediatricians and it was an excellent opportunity to highlight good practice for management of children and their families attending paediatric units in various sites across NI. Can the harm outweigh the risks? There is no harm to this benefit. Purpose 2 To promote education in paediatrics What benefit flows from this purpose? The direct benefit of this purpose is that the Society provides high quality educational meetings for paediatricians and associated bodies such as allied health professionals, nursing etc which has improved the care that these individuals can offer their patients. We currently hold 4 – 5 educational meeting each year. An example of this is the planned meeting in March on Palliative care for children. This meeting will be attended by a wide representation across NI highlighting good practice and evidence based information which will improve standards of care for these children across NI. Currently the palliative care provision in NI is very patchy and dependant on where an individual lives. By offering a meeting such as this the UPS is able to provide an opportunity to improve care in the areas without services by demonstrating ways of improving practice, helping clinicians develop links with colleagues . This will then increase the care provided for individual children. One of the main complaints from families of children is around poor communication between services. One particular area is between paediatrics and child & adolescent mental health services. The Society has tried to improve communication between these two services by offering a joint educational meeting once yearly. This meeting provides the opportunity to discuss approach to managing children attending either service on topics ranging from autism, depression, fetal alcohol syndrome etc. The indirect benefit to children and their families is that the two services can learn to work better with each other. This forum also allows the clinicians to communicate and offers examples of working together in partnership, evidencing best practice and as a result the care given to children can only improve. (Please contact the Charity Commission in order to view the remainder of this statement).
What your organisation does
The Ulster Paediatric Society organizes 4 - 5 educational meetings each year on various topics of paediatrics. The meetings are open for all members of the society and other health professionals involved in the care of children. The society may also be asked to consult on health documents or service models for example - care of chidlren with
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Learning disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
How the charity works
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness