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Working in safeguarding: the consultant paediatrician

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 ....

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