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COMMENTARY
Community paediatrics
Community child health in crisis
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr M Bannon
Oxford PGMDE, The Triangle, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford OX3 7HP, UK; mjbannon@doctors.org.uk
Commentary on the leading article by Mather (see pp 697–704)
Keywords: child health; community health; training; workforce planning
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In her personal view, Dr Mather has hit the nail on the head when she describes the world as currently viewed by many community paediatricians.1 On the one hand, most paediatricians who hold a post with the word "community" somewhere in their title or job description would talk enthusiastically about the uniquely varied, challenging, and frequently rewarding nature of their clinical work. However, they will also readily identify and expand on the frustrations, anxieties, and challenges identified within the paper.
Community child health does appear to have somewhat of an image problem. It can be difficult to describe in a few sentences to a layperson what it is exactly that community paediatricians do. Colleagues in other braches of child health would have no difficulties in this respect and would accurately convey an easily understood image of their profession by saying "I look after sick newborn babies" or "I
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