Course
Monday 30th March 2026
Paediatric Dermatology and Paediatric Asthma
Speakers: Dr Laura Hole, Dr Chin Whybrew
1.30- 2.45pm session 1
2.45-3.15pm break
3.15-4.30pm session 2.
To be confirmed.
About the speaker
Dr Laura Hole
Consultant Paediatrician, GHNHSFT
Dr Hole qualified from the University of Nottingham in 2001. Most of her training was spent in the Severn Deanery. She joined the consultant team in Gloucestershire in 2012.
Dr Hole is a general paediatrician with an interest in respiratory paediatrics. She runs general paediatric clinics approximately twice a month. She is particularly interested in the care of acutely unwell children and high dependency care. She couples this with an interest in teaching and education and regularly teaches on the Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course and is the simulation tutor for paediatrics.
Dr Hole’s respiratory skills include looking after children with difficult asthma, chronic cough, cystic fibrosis and the respiratory needs of children with complex neurodisability. She interprets nocturnal oximetry studies and locally supervises the care of children using non-invasive ventilation. She enjoys a very constructive working relationship with the tertiary respiratory team in Bristol Children’s Hospital.
About the speaker
Dr Chin Whybrew
GP with a Special Interest in Dermatology
I qualified as a GP in 2001 and after 5 years in my first partnership, I relocated to Cheltenham, working as a locum, a 3-session salaried GP, and did some community paediatrics for a few years. I then took over a partnership role in Cheltenham from a GPSI in dermatology (this was deliberate – I always loved dermatology), and soon found that I needed extra training! I did the diploma in practical dermatology in 2010/11 and was then asked mark and moderate the online forums. I did the Cardiff dermoscopy course, again I was asked to stay on as a tutor. I joined the primary care dermatology society (PCDS) committee, and have been instrumental in changing the dermoscopy teaching, helping to update the general dermatology courses run by PCDS and organise some of the meetings. I run dermatology education sessions for various groups (GPs, registrars, nurses, HCAs, pharmacists, podiatrists, even dermoscopy teaching for dermatologists– anyone who is interested, frankly!) I have recently started offering GP dermatology improved access sessions to patients from across the network and feeding back to the referring GPs with annotated photos where possible.
My main passion is teaching dermatology and dermoscopy to anyone who will find it useful, whatever their qualifications or role. It’s such an interesting and exciting subject, I love to have the opportunity to pass on my enthusiasm and in doing so, to improve the care of patients with skin diseases where we can do so much more in primary care with a bit of extra knowledge. We had so little dermatology teaching at medical school and during the VTS, and yet such a large proportion of our work is skin related, and we can make a huge difference to people’s lives, even by just managing eczema and acne confidently.
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