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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on February 16, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(4):423-425; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh574
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 4 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved

EDITORIAL

Paediatric rheumatology: a bright future in the UK and Europe

L. R. Wedderburn, P. Woo1 and R. G. Hull2

Rheumatology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1 Institute of Child Health and The Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London and 2 Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK

Correspondence to: L. R. Wedderburn, Rheumatology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK. E-mail: l.wedderburn@ich.ucl.ac.uk

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Paediatric rheumatology has seen major growth and development within the UK in the past few years. An increasing number of centres now offer a specialist service in paediatric rheumatology, and this has been paralleled by recognition of the speciality, both within paediatrics and rheumatology. The speciality is specifically mentioned as an important area in the children's national service framework (NSF) (http://www.dh.gov.uk) and several new NHS consultant posts in the speciality have been established, or are planned. Several ARC-funded senior lecturer posts have been established in the past 5 yr, and this has led to an increasing number of centres which are active in both clinical and basic research. There is an increasing trend to offer training and updates to general paediatricians who share care with specialist centres, creating networks of care, as well as a growing awareness of the particular needs of teenagers and young people with chronic . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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