Health Panels - Dr Richard Reading

Richard is a paediatrician in Norwich. His clinical work is mainly with disabled children, maltreated children, children with emotional and behavioural disorders, and children with chronic conditions. He is based in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and has worked in Norwich since 1993, having trained previously in the North-East of England and in Scotland.

He also works at the University of East Anglia in Norwich as a Senior Lecturer. Most of his work is in epidemiological and health service research. His research interests include childhood accidents, child abuse, children’s rights, social inequalities in child health, infections and allergy, immunization, surveillance for rare childhood conditions and evaluations of complex interventions for child health and welfare. He is a member of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, and of the Equity Project which is collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health aimed at improving equity in child health and promoting children’s rights.

Richard is married and has two grown up children. He is a mad-keen cyclist and if it was not for the restraining influence of his wife and children, would spend all his money and time on bikes and cycling.