Speakers

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  Dr Mike Farquhar

  Consultant in sleep medicine at Evelina London Children’s Hospital

  Dr Mike Farquhar is a consultant in sleep medicine at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. He trained in general paediatrics, respiratory paediatrics and sleep medicine in Glasgow, Nottingham, Sydney and London, and took up his current post in 2012. The Evelina London Children’s Sleep Department provides a comprehensive diagnostic, assessment and management service across the whole of paediatric sleep medicine, supporting children, young people and their families with complex, rare and refractory sleep difficulties within London, but also across the UK. Mike has an interest in the importance of sleep, sleep deprivation and fatigue in the context of shiftwork within the NHS. He has worked to improve awareness and understanding of these issues since becoming a consultant. Mike champions sleep-related issues affecting children and young people, as well as the importance of acknowledging the impact of workplace fatigue, and more general sleep issues. Mike is one of the originators of the Rainbow NHS Badge project, piloted at Evelina London from October 2018, aiming to raise awareness of challenges and issues faced by LGBT+ children, young people and families. Outside of work, Mike can often be found in a theatre or reading X-Men comics… losing himself in stories has been a lifelong love.