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Dr. Martin Ward Platt is former consultant paediatrician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, with principal responsibilities in the neonatal service. He is Honorary Clinical Reader in neonatal and paediatric medicine at Newcastle University, and Clinical Lead for the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service for Public Health England. He is Senior Editor for the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Qualifying in 1979 from Bristol University, Martin worked in the Bristol area for two and a half years before moving to the North East and was appointed to his present NHS post in 1990. He retired from the Newcastle Neonatal Service in 2018 but continues in his role with Public Health England.

Research interests have included pain in children; epidemiology of child death; perinatal epidemiology; a number of aspects of neonatal care including metabolism and hypoglycaemia; and maternal-infant interactions and development.

Activities

Employment (1)

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

1990-01-01 to present | Consultant Paediatrician (Neonatal Service)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1973-10 to 1979-07 | MB ChB MD
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Professional activities (2)

British Association for Perinatal Medicine: London, GB

2018-09-27 | Honorary Member
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Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: London, London, GB

2018-03-14 | Honorary Fellow
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Works (50 of 139)

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Quality of investigations into unexpected deaths of infants and young children in England after implementation of national child death review procedures in 2008: a retrospective assessment

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2020-03-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter Fleming; Anna Pease; Jenny Ingram; Peter Sidebotham; Marta C Cohen; Robert C Coombs; Andrew K Ewer; Martin Ward Platt; John Fox; David Marshall et al.
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2019-03 | Journal article
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Validation for Dr Apgar’s score

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2019-01-05 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2018-11 | Journal article
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Fifteen-minute consultation: Asking questions: the puzzles and problems model

Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
2018-10-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Ian D Wacogne; Martin Ward Platt
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Overdiagnosis and child health

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2018-10-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Martin Ward Platt
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2018-07-13 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2018-05 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2018-05 | Journal article
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Fifteen-minute consultation: Supporting colleagues through a serious incident or complaint

Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
2018-03-06 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2018-01 | Journal article
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Looking after each other when a child dies

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2018-01-13 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
2017-10 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2017-09 | Journal article
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2017-09 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
2017-08 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2017-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Martin Peter Ward Platt
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
2017-07 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
2017-06 | Journal article
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Rudeness

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2017-06-24 | Journal article
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2017-05 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2017-05 | Journal article
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Archives of Disease in Childhood
2017-04 | Journal article
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Recent advances in the management of infants born <1000 g

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2016-11-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Janet Berrington; Martin Ward Platt
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Moderate prematurity and outcome in childhood: there are dangers in jumping to the wrong conclusions

Archives of Disease in Childhood
2016-03-15 | Journal article
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The MBRRACE-UK perinatal surveillance report

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2015-11-02 | Journal article
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Lactate, glucose and the neonatal brain: it’s time to challenge the paradigm

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
2015-03-01 | Journal article
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Neonatology and obstetric anaesthesia

2014 | Journal article
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10.1136/archdischild-2014-305964

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13592998 14682052

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2-s2.0-84894149939

Contributors: Ward Platt, M.P.
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Child death review five years on.

2014-03 | Journal article
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10.1136/archdischild-2013-305707

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24344175

Contributors: Ward Platt M
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MP Ward Platt via Europe PubMed Central

Utility of genetic testing in suspected familial cranial diabetes insipidus.

2013 | Journal article
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10.1530/EDM-13-0068

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24616780

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PMC3922071

Contributors: Srinivasan R; Ball S; Ward-Platt M; Bourn D; McAnulty C; Cheetham T
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Viral infections: Contributions to late fetal death, stillbirth, and infant death

2013 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.02.004

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00223476 10976833

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2-s2.0-84880603198

Contributors: Williams, E.J.; Embleton, N.D.; Clark, J.E.; Bythell, M.; Ward Platt, M.P.; Berrington, J.E.
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The changing profile of infant mortality from bacterial, viral and fungal infection over two decades.

2013-10 | Journal article
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10.1111/apa.12341

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23826761

Contributors: Williams EJ; Embleton ND; Bythell M; Ward Platt MP; Berrington JE
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The antenatal diagnosis of fetal anomaly: where to deliver the baby?

2013-05 | Journal article
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10.1136/fetalneonatal-2012-301837

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23241363

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PMC3623034

Contributors: Platt MP
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The North of England Survey of Twin and Multiple Pregnancy.

2013-02 | Journal article
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10.1017/thg.2012.65

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23046551

Contributors: Glinianaia SV; Rankin J; Sturgiss SN; Ward Platt MP; Crowder D; Bell R
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Use of interactive telephone technology for longitudinal data collection in a large trial.

2012-03 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.cct.2011.10.012

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22094430

Contributors: Russell C; Howel D; Ward-Platt MP; Ball HL
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Head trauma outcomes of verifiable falls in newborn babies (Archives of Diseases in Childhood)

2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1136/adc.2008.143131corr1

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00039888 14682044

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2-s2.0-79956323682

Contributors: Ruddick, C.; Ward Platt, M.; Lazaro, C.
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How children die: Classifying child deaths

2011 | Journal article
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10.1136/adc.2009.177089

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00039888 14682044

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2-s2.0-80052867438

Contributors: Pearson, G.A.; Ward-Platt, M.; Kelly, D.
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Why children die: Avoidable factors associated with child deaths

2011 | Journal article
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10.1136/adc.2009.177071

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00039888 14682044

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2-s2.0-80052844879

Contributors: Pearson, G.A.; Ward-Platt, M.; Harnden, A.; Kelly, D.
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Register based study of bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex: prevalence, associated anomalies, prenatal diagnosis and survival.

2011-11 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.juro.2011.07.022

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21944104

Contributors: Jayachandran D; Bythell M; Platt MW; Rankin J
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Sudden, unexpected and unexplained early neonatal deaths in the North of England.

2011-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1136/adc.2010.206649

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21398326

Contributors: Leow JY; Platt MP
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Highlights from this issue.

2011-09 | Journal article
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10.1136/adc.2011.300707

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21961172

Contributors: Platt MW
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Ecthyma gangrenosum in preterm neonate.

2011-07 | Journal article
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10.1136/adc.2010.203273

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21402577

Contributors: Srinivasan R; Arshid M; Platt MP
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Fetal awareness and fetal pain: the emperor's new clothes.

2011-07 | Journal article
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10.1136/adc.2010.195966

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21292851

Contributors: Platt MW
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Randomised trial of sidecar crib use on breastfeeding duration (NECOT).

2011-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1136/adc.2010.205344

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21474481

Contributors: Ball HL; Ward-Platt MP; Howel D; Russell C
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The BRACELET Study: surveys of mortality in UK neonatal and paediatric intensive care trials.

2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1745-6215-11-65

PMID:

20504341

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PMC2896344

Contributors: Snowdon C; Harvey SE; Brocklehurst P; Tasker RC; Platt MP; Allen E; Elbourne D
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The outcome of expectant management of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) of the lung

2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1055/s-0030-1249047

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09397248

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2-s2.0-77957271288

Contributors: Hammond, P.J.; Devdas, J.M.; Ray, B.; Ward-Platt, M.; Barrett, A.M.; McKean, M.
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Doing the right thing.

2010-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1136/adc.2009.169615

PMID:

20576662

Contributors: Platt MW
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Difficulties in selecting an appropriate neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) screening threshold.

2010-03 | Journal article
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10.1136/adc.2008.147884

PMID:

19679574

Contributors: Korada SM; Pearce M; Ward Platt MP; Avis E; Turner S; Wastell H; Cheetham T
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Head trauma outcomes of verifiable falls in newborn babies.

2010-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1136/adc.2008.143131

PMID:

20231220

Contributors: Ruddick C; Platt MW; Lazaro C
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Mortality of twin and singleton livebirths under 30 weeks' gestation: a population-based study.

2009-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1136/adc.2008.143016

PMID:

18838469

Contributors: Ray B; Platt MP
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Peer review (118 reviews for 19 publications/grants)

Review activity for Acta pædiatrica. (3)
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