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PANS PANDAS Steering Group: Our Members

Dr Jonathan Beebee

Professional Lead in Learning Disabilities Nursing and Neuroscience Nursing, RCN Nursing Department.

Vicky Burford

Steering Group Co-Chair, CEO, PANS PANDAS UK.

Tina Coope

Tina Coope

Education Lead, PANS PANDAS UK.

Laura Dunger

Laura Dunger

Occupational Therapist, Royal College of Occupational Therapy.

Prof. Rajat Gupta

Paediatric Neurologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Katy Hindson

Katy Hindson, PhD

Co-Chair, Healthcare Development and Communications Lead, PANS PANDAS UK.

Dr Su Laurent

Paediatrician, Chair of the Guideline Development Group.

Dr Ashley Liew

Neuropsychiatrist, Royal College of Psychiatry.

Prof. Ming Lim

Paediatric Neurologist, BPNA.

Michelle Racey

Designated Clinical Officer (DCO), NHS South Yorkshire ICB.

Jane Shears

Head of Professional Development, British Association of Social Workers.

Prof. Alastair Sutcliffe

Professor of General Paediatrics at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and a consultant paediatrician in the NHS.

Dr Vimal Tiwari

General Practitioner, Royal College of GPs.

Dr Tim Ubhi

Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Director of The London PANS Clinic and The Children’s e-Hospital.

Glossary

  • ADHD
    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • AE
    Auto-immune Encephalitis
  • ARFID
    Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
  • ASD
    Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • CAMHS
    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
  • CBT
    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Dysgraphia
    difficulty writing by hand
  • EHCP
    Education, Health and Care Plan
  • Emotional Lability
    Rapid, and dramatic changes in mood (for example uncontrollable laughter to crying)
  • Enuresis
    wetting
  • GAS
    Group A Streptococcal infection
  • NHSE
    NHS England
  • NICE
    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • OCD
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • PP
    PANS PANDAS
  • PPUK
    PANS PANDAS UK
  • PPN
    PANS Physicians Network
  • PPSG
    PANS PANDAS Steering Group
  • SENCo
    Special Educational Needs Coordinator
  • SIGN
    Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network to the glossary
  • Tic
    Sudden repetitive movement (motor tic) or sound (vocal tic) which is difficult or impossible to control