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Supporting allied health professionals across PCCS
- Hannah ChildLead Respiratory Physiotherapist in PICU at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and PCCS Council AHP Representative
Key points
- The role of the AHP representative on PCCS Council is to promote all AHP professions, not only physiotherapy, within the paediatric critical care community.
- AHPs across the UK are encouraged to attend events, learn, disseminate what they learn, improve practice and share their work.
- AHPs are encouraged to consider joining PCCS to support collaboration across the UK.
Hannah Child, Lead Respiratory Physiotherapist in PICU at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and PCCS Council AHP Representative, discusses the contribution of allied health professionals to paediatric critical care. She highlights the breadth of professions involved and the value of learning together, sharing practice and connecting through PCCS events. The interview explores opportunities for greater participation and collaboration across the UK. In a concluding message, she encourages allied health professionals to join the Society and help strengthen the network supporting their work within critical-care teams.
This interview took place at the PCCS Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 in London.
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Hello, my name's Hannah Child. I'm the lead physio at Birmingham Children's Hospital. I'm here on PCCS business. I am the AHP representative for PCCS Council.
So my role is essentially to promote everything AHP. So not just from a physio perspective, but to make sure that all AHP professions are recognised within the paediatric critical care community and to make sure we're promoting the amazing work that we do, but also trying to encourage other AHPs throughout the UK to kind of come to events such as this, learn, then disseminate it, improve practice, and share kind of all the wonderful work that we can do as AHPs.
One of the parts of my role as being on the PCCS Council for AHPs is to try and promote membership as much as possible. So all I would do is really encourage AHPs to think about joining the PCCS membership to kind of encourage that collaboration across the UK.
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Hannah Child. “Supporting allied health professionals across PCCS.” The Paediatric Video Journal, 7 November 2026. https://paediatricvj.com/videos/supporting-allied-health-professionals-across-pccs-child/
This interview is educational content intended for healthcare professionals and is not medical advice. Views expressed are those of the speaker. © The Paediatric Video Journal. All rights reserved.