RCPCH Grand Round: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) | with Dr Robert Forsyth

In this webinar, Dr Robert Forsyth discusses functional neurological disorder (FND) in children and young people, challenging traditional approaches to diagnosis and exploring how a better understanding of perception, attention and brain function can help clinicians recognise FND, communicate the diagnosis effectively and support patients and families.

Speakers

  • Dr Robert Forsyth

Date of Recording

October 23, 2026

Available Until

October 22, 2027

 

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Speakers

  • Dr Robert Forsyth

    Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Robert Forsyth is a specialist paediatric neurologist. He is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University and an NHS Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the Great North Children's Hospital. As well as leading the clinical children's brain injury service at GNCH he has an active research interest in brain injury in children: how to prevent it, how best to treat it in the early intensive care phase and above all how best to optimise outcomes through rehabilitation. He is developing methods to allow careful, systematic clinical evaluation of novel rehabilitation treatments to see if they improve outcome.

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