Dr Ross Drake is the Clinical Lead of the Paediatric Palliative Care and Complex Pain Services at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand having gained fellowships in Paediatrics (2000), Palliative Medicine (2003) and Pain Medicine (2011). Both are small, interdisciplinary teams of specialist paediatric health workers. His professional interests include best use of medications and other interventions in children’s palliative care and pain management, neuropathic and central pain syndromes as well as communication and the decision-making process for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.