The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says the proposed rules - which advise teachers against letting pupils identify as the opposite sex - will cause distress .
RECFISHWEST welcomes today’s decision by Fisheries Minister Don Punch to reallocate 20 tonnes of the west coast demersal catch to the recfishing sector – just over a year after changes to the fishery were made.
Gabby Valente and Andrew Rowland first met six years ago at Stonehill College. While at a popular Stonehill party spot, they hit it off instantly. Rowland asked Valente out on a first date, but she ghosted him soon after, as she was not emotionally ready. “It wasn’t even him, I just wasn’t ready to date.
A popular fishing program for people with disabilities will be able to take double the number of eager anglers out on the Swan River this year after reeling in a new vessel.
Consultant paediatrician Andrew Rowland talks to Erin Dean about his passion for protecting the rights of children
Manchester based consultant paediatrician Andrew Rowland specialises in child protection, an area he would never have imagined working in as a young doctor.
“I was recycling my student notes recently,” he says. “There were ring binders full of paper, and I found only two pages of notes on safeguarding. We just weren’t really taught about child protection, refugee health, or the needs of looked after children.”
Doctors need to be aware of the often hidden difficulties that their patients may face, says Rowland, who works for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester Local Care Organisation. “All doctors will care for someone at some point who has been a refugee or who has been abused,” Rowland says. They need to consider this in the care they give.
Rowland has a portfolio career. One of his roles sees him working in the community, undertaki