Dr Stuart Wilkinson is a paediatric respiratory consultant at Royal Manchester Children Hospital. He is the lead for paediatric respiratory and has been the lead for paediatric LTV for the last 9 years. He is passionate about supporting ventilator dependent children and leads the regional neonatal/respiratory forum and developed and chairs the national LTV advisory group supporting clinicians across the UK. He also sits as the paediatric representative of the clinical ethics committee at Manchester Foundation Trust.