Congratulations to Dr Karen Street, EPIC Director and Consultant Paediatrician, for successfully leading a voluntary professional working group to develop a 2-day course for health professionals on how to manage psychiatric and psychosocial emergencies for children and young people presenting to acute hospital settings.

This is the culmination of a 2-year project on behalf of the charity Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG). The course has been launched this week in Manchester and will be rolled out UK wide and internationally over the next 12 months.

The aim is to equip all health professionals with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to safely and effectively manage children and young people in acute distress with care and compassion in the least restrictive way possible. Good luck to Karen and her team, EPIC are very proud!