The community service is part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As a manager she has been able to support a strong research portfolio within her team and be part of new developments within the care of children with disabilities. Developing new services and treatment modalities, supported by medical teams.
Due to professional and personal experience she has developed a special interest in children with chronic fatigue and is currently developing the service along with Dr Caroline Grayson. They are hoping to become well established and to provide high levels of care and support for these young people who can have quite difficult times, and where recovery can be lengthy, particularly with the wrong approaches.
She is also going to be working with the Bath research team, along with Dr Grayson and Dr Esther Crawley, as Newcastle is one of the participating centres in the MAGENTA Trial, looking at GET therapy vs activity management, randomised control trial this year. |
Management of Children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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