About this event
- Date and time Wed 27 May 2026 from 8:55am to 4:30pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health
Join us for this in-person study day delivered by the London School of Paediatrics, designed to provide practical, up-to-date knowledge in paediatric infectious diseases and sexual health. This interactive day will explore contemporary topics, emerging trends, and evidence-based approaches to managing infectious and sexual health conditions in children and young people.
This interactive programme features focused lectures on:
- Paediatric vaccinations: Key updates to the UK immunisation schedule and practical approaches to catch-up planning.
- Sexual health in children and young people: Recognising presentations, understanding safeguarding, and managing cases appropriately.
- Paediatric HIV care: Insights from the CHIVA Trust, including patient perspectives and clinical considerations
- Congenital infections: Antenatal screening, diagnosis and coordinated management of affected infants.
- Fever in children: Approaches to pyrexia of unknown origin and managing fever in the returning traveller.
- Global and emerging infections: Insights into conditions such as schistosomiasis and paediatric tuberculosis.
- Safeguarding and specialist services: Understanding referral pathways, including forensic services such as the Haven.
You will benefit from expert-led teaching, case-based discussions, and practical guidance to support clinical decision-making in paediatric infectious diseases and sexual health.
Aims and Learning Outcomes
By attending, participants will:
- Enhance knowledge of current evidence-based approaches to managing paediatric infectious diseases and sexual health conditions.
- Develop confidence in recognising, investigating and managing complex presentations, including congenital infections and prolonged fever.
- Strengthen understanding of safeguarding principles and referral pathways in paediatric sexual health.
Who Should Attend?
- Paediatricians, including consultants and trainees.
- Newly qualified doctors and resident doctors working in paediatrics.
- Allied health professionals with an interest in paediatric infectious diseases and sexual health.
Take advantage of this opportunity to update your knowledge, learn from leading clinicians, and strengthen your clinical practice in paediatric infectious diseases and sexual health.
Register now to secure your place at this essential study day.
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Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Paediatrics and HIV with the CHIVA Trust
Young person from the CHIVA Trust with Dr Katja Doerholt, Paediatric Infectious Disease Consultant, St George’s Hospital Trust
Sexual health for children and young people
Dr Joe Heskins, Consultant in GenitoUrinary and HIV Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS
Insights from The Haven
Dr Briony Arrowsmith, Consultant Paediatrician, The Havens, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Panel discussion and Q&A
Tea and coffee break
Schistosomiasis and paediatric helminthiasis
Professor Amaya Bustinduy, Professor of Global Paediatric and Adolescent Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Putting it into practice - Implementation science approaches to infectious disease diagnosis
Dr Maggie Nyirenda, Consultant Paediatrician, University Hospital Lewisham
Panel discussion and Q&A
Lunch
SPIN/GRID insights
Current ST4-6 PID GRID trainees
Vaccine hesitancy - Evidence-based answers to common parental questions
Dr Ravi Mistry, Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Registrar, Noah's Ark Children's Hospital
Prolonged fever and pyrexia of unknown origin
Dr Alison Kent, Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Consultant, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Panel discussion and Q&A
Tea and coffee break
Fever in a returning traveller
Professor Elizabeth Whittaker, Professor of Practice and Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Consultant, Imperial College London
Congenital infections
Dr Justin Penner, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Dr Valeria Poletti De Chaurand, Resident in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Panel discussion and Q&A
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 26 May 2026. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.