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Liz Herrieven
LIz is mostly found (after a long search) hiding somewhere eating chocolate. Otherwise, she is a PEM consultant at Sheffield Children's Hospital with an interest in addressing the health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability or autism. She/her.
- Written on 10/03/2022
- , Last updated 04/03/2024
Children with complex needs are five times more likely to die from a treatable condition
- Written on 03/02/2022
- , Last updated 01/03/2024
Time to put something other than a finger up your nose.
What do you need to know about COVID tests?
- Written on 27/07/2021
- , Last updated 08/02/2023
Professor Ryan writes with authority, vulnerability and humour. This book made me smile, nod in recognition and, at times, cry. We need to do better and Professor Ryan not only explains why, but also gives us tools to start on the “how”.
- Written on 14/06/2021
- , Last updated 20/07/2023
Terminology is important, not only for making sure we understand a child's diagnosis properly, but also for providing the best possible care. Getting it right can also help gain the trust of parents and carers who will often know far more about appropriate language use than we clinicians.
- Written on 25/05/2021
- , Last updated 01/12/2022
Communication is vital to all that we do as clinicians – from the first contact with a patient, through history taking and examination, to initiating treatment and explaining procedures, so we have to do our very best at getting it right. This is perhaps even more important, and more difficult, in the pre-hospital field, where stress levels are high, environments can be unpredictable and time is short.