Season 2 - Lucy McKay, CEO of M4RD Paediatric Commuter

The Paediatric Commuter is starting a new season, where the guests will be inspiring Paediatricians. Hopefully this will boost our morale on our way to work. 
Our guest today is Dr. Lucy McKay, the wonderful CEO of Medics 4 Rare Diseases. Enjoy and have a safe commute!
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The Unusual Suspects: Rare diseases in everyday medicine https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/medical-genetics/2019-20/mgn02/
 
The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/bpsu
 
Rare disease definitions and statistics https://www.raredisease.org.uk/what-is-a-rare-disease/
 
A recent review on rare diseases https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(19)30006-3/fulltext
 
Prevalence of rare diseases presenting exclusively in childhood or childhood and adulthood https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31527858
 
One of a number of reports looking at diagnostic delay https://globalgenes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ShireReport-1.pdf
 
Impact of rare disease on friends and family https://globalgenes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ShireReport-1.pdf
 
Rare disease and mental health https://www.raredisease.org.uk/our-work/living-with-a-rare-condition-the-effect-on-mental-health-2018/
 
If you have any suggestions of future guests, please contact @paedscomutter on twitter.