Two of the Medicines for Children board given awards for their significant contributions to children’s health
We are delighted and proud to announce that two members of the Medicines for Children board – Steve Tomlin and David Tuthill – have been made Honorary Fellows of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
RCPCH Fellowships are awarded to people who have made major contributions to children’s health through research, education, clinical service and leadership, following nominations from RCPCH members. The awards were presented by Dr Camilla Kingdon (RCPCH President 2021-2024) at the 2024 RCPCH conference in Birmingham.
Steve Tomlin (on the left) has been involved with Medicines for Children since the programme’s inception in 2006. He took a key role on the Steering Committee that established the current format of the information leaflets and continues to provide valuable insight and guidance to the project. Steve has been at the forefront of paediatric pharmacy in the UK for many years. He has represented the needs and views of children and young people relating to medicines through national groups working and with the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG). He has also been instrumental in developing paediatric pharmacy as a specialist area. He is currently Director of the Children’s Medicines Centre and Associate Chief Pharmacist for Research and Innovation at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
David Tuthill (on the right in the photo, and proudly sporting his Welsh flag waistcoat) has been a Consultant General Paediatrician for more than 20 years, and is currently based in Cardiff. As RCPCH Officer for Wales, David has made huge contributions to improving children’s health in Wales. These include tackling issues such as obesity, the addition of fluoride to water (to protect teeth), ways to reduce prescribing errors, helping to establish the South Wales and West of England Paediatric Allergy forum, and implementing the first Sublingual Immunotherapy Service for children in Wales. David has also supervised more than 70 specialists projects with medical students – more than any other paediatrician in Wales. David has been on the Medicines for Children board since 2010.
