Zoe Picton-Howell

My background is as a lawyer, I am a solicitor and healthcare law academic. My PhD researched how UK paediatricians make end-of-life decisions for disabled children, particularly their understanding of the relevant law and professional guidance. I surveyed thirty-nine senior paediatricians routinely making such decisions and conducted in-depth interviews with a cross-section of them. I have long taught healthcare law and ethics to both law and medical students as well as to health professionals. I have also served on numerous guidance, investigation and research committees concerning child health and death. I served on the NICE end-of-life care for children guidelines committee and quality standard committee and was a co-author of the UK Government’s 2018 Statutory and Operational Guidance on Child Death. I also have a particular interest in child rights and health inequalities in my academic work.