Public and patient involvement in child health research and service improvements: a survey of hospital doctors.

Objectives: To determine whether paediatricians are supported by their organisations to encourage patient and public involvement (PPI) in research activities and clinical improvement work, the challenges they face and how they think these could be addressed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

Design: A survey.

Setting: UK consultant paediatricians and staff associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors who are members of RCPCH.

Comparison of UK paediatric consultants' participation in child health research between 2011 and 2015.

Objective: To identify whether there have been changes over time in the capacity of paediatric consultants to undertake research and if the activity differs between men and women.

Design: Comparison of data from two surveys of UK paediatric consultants.

Subjects: UK consultant members of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

The changing UK paediatric consultant workforce: report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Objectives: To determine if there had been changes in the size of the UK paediatric workforce and working patterns between 1999 and 2013.

Design: Analysis of prospectively collected datasets.

Setting: UK consultant paediatricians.

Career intentions and choices of paediatricians entering training in the UK.

Introduction: The paediatric workforce has grown substantially in recent years. Roles have changed considerably with the introduction of working time legislation and a move towards a trained doctor solution. By gaining a better understanding of paediatric trainees' career intentions, this study aims to assess whether the right workforce is being trained to meet the future demand for paediatric services in the UK.

Women with cerebral palsy: obstetric experience and neonatal outcome.

The aim of the study was to provide a preliminary basis for advising women with cerebral palsy (CP) who choose to initiate pregnancy regarding the course of parturition and the outcomes for their newborn infants. The authors studied 22 women with CP who had 38 pregnancies at a mean age of 26 years. Eight pregnancies were electively terminated and two resulted in miscarriage.

Head and facial injuries after low-speed motor-cycle accidents.

In the United Kingdom there appears to be little available information concerning the prevalence and the patterns of head and of facial injuries sustained in road traffic accidents by motorcyclists wearing protective helmets. The present preliminary survey was of 56 accidents in urban traffic. 50 per cent of surviving motor-cyclists incurred head injuries.

Disaster procedures report. Report following the Moorgate train crash on 28 February, 1975.

There is no substitute for the use of intelligence and common sense both in the drawing up and interpretation of a disaster plan; for compromise in dealing with other rescue services; for ingenuity in filling the gaps in the equipment with which you find yourself provided; and, finally, perhaps most important, for self-discipline. None of us is indispensible--there are always others equally able to make decisions.