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Bronchiolitis and RSV - Healthier Together

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Care of the sutured (stitches) or glued wound

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Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection that affects babies and young children under two years old.

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Children, Young People & Families | The Bury Directory

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Allergy wristbands, medical bracelets, stickers and essential awareness products for children.

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Derian House Childrens Hospice - Providing respite and end-of-life care

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We care for more than 400 seriously ill babies, children and young people across the North West. We do this 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We never close to those who need us.

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Croup is a common childhood illness that can cause a distinctive, bark-like cough. It can also cause difficulty breathing
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Medi Alert Necklace, Bracelets & ID Jewellery. Stay Safe!

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Mediband medical identification ID alert wristbands, medical bracelets, first-aid kits to keep you safe. Provide vital medical & contact information in emergencies - Wear a Mediband Medical Bracelet today!

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The accreditation offers readers a guarantee that the material carrying the PIF tick is evidence-based, understandable, jargon-free, up-to-date and produced to the best possible standard.

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Medpac | Practical Medicine Storage for use at home or at school

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Do you have to carry prescribed or emergency medicine? Always have it to hand with Medpac, the original and best medicine storage bag, complete with photo ID

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MedicAlert speaks for our members when they can’t, via our membership service and custom-made medical ID jewellery.

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Information for patients and healthcare professionals on the EpiPen® and EpiPen®Jr treatments for anaphylaxis

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Call 999 in the UK, or 112 for Ireland, ask for an ambulance and say "anaphylaxis". If you are unable to make the call, get someone else to call for you.

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Jext® comes in two different doses 15-30kg 150 micrograms for patients weighing between 15 - 30 kg >30kg 300 micrograms for patients weighing greater than 30kg When to use How to use Jext® Call 999 in the UK, or 112 for Ireland, ask for an ambulance and say "anaphylaxis".

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Resuscitation Council UK is saving lives by developing guidelines, inﬂuencing policy, delivering courses and supporting cutting-edge research. We're working towards the day when everyone in the country has the skills to save a life.

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Children's Asthma Plan - Asthma and Lung UK

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Children's Asthma Plan - Asthma and Lung UK

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Are you a parent of a child with asthma? Our pages are full of tips from other parents and advice from healthcare professionals based on the latest research.

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Francis House Children’s Hospice provides a home from home where families receive professional care, support and friendship.

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We are registered as a charity in England and Wales and in Scotland. We are dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with eczema and their carers.

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Allergy and eczema - National Eczema Society

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Allergy and eczema This page contains three allergy-related articles from our magazine, Exchange. Jump to:…

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How to Prepare Movicol, CosmoCol, Laxido

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EmolliZoo - A mobile app for children with eczema

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Help the Zookeeper look after her animals with eczema by assisting her with their daily treatment routines! A fun way to help children learn about dry skin conditions, in particular eczema, and the need for emollients.

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A fun digital story book aimed at children aged 4 - 7 years. With toileting & drinking tips to help children with their bowel & bladder health.

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 How To Use Your Inhaler - Asthma And Lung UK

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If your child’s asthma suddenly gets worse, they need urgent treatment. Signs of an asthma attack include:

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Zoe’s Place cares for babies and young children with life-limiting, life-threatening or complex conditions.

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Ready Steady Go Transition and Patient Empowerment Programme for Healthcare Professionals

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Jigsaw Bury | Sports & Social Group | Befriending Service

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This is a Local Authority service which is offered borough wide

Home teaching team aimed at children aged 0-5 years with a delay in their development. We provide advice, support and educational activities to support the child's learning.

We are a service that works with children and families aged 0-5 years with additional needs. We provide holistic support to enable the child to develop and progress by direct teaching, key working and supporting the family with other issues relating to the child's needs e.g. Benefits, behaviour, housing, emotional support, signposting, completing SSF and leading meetings.

We will visit the parent/ in their home with their child to assess, plan, support and advise on the best way to meet their child's needs.

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Bury Portage and Early Support Team | The Bury Directory

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Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with life-threatening or terminal illness.

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Family Fund deliver grants for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young people on a low income across the UK

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Camp Simcha

Supporting Families Across the Community

Our vision is that no Jewish family, anywhere in the UK, with a child affected by serious illness should have to suffer without our support. Our mission is to provide bespoke, unconditional, practical and emotional support to Jewish families where there is serious childhood illness. We bring hope and joy by providing powerful, positive experiences.

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Annually we need to raise c£3million to provide all our essential services

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From time to time, we may contact you by email, phone and post to keep you updated on our work and ways you can support us. You can change the way you hear from us at any time by emailing us at office@campsimcha.org.uk or calling us on 020 8202 9297. To help us to work more efficiently, we may analyse your information to make sure you receive the most relevant communications. This may include using publicly available information. You can ask us to stop this at any time, by contacting us using the above details. You can read more about how we use your information in our privacy policy.

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Camp Simcha's practical, therapeutic and emotional support is a lifeline to families with a seriously ill child.

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Sepsis is the body's overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Medically, sepsis is your body's immune system overresponding to an infection.

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Hello and a very warm welcome to Millwood School. I am delighted to introduce myself as the Headteacher

Millwood is place where everybody matters. We pride our self by going the extra mile and making a difference to the pupils and families in our school community and beyond. We are a school where entitlement, opportunity and challenge are championed.

We believe in making your children world class learners' developing in them a confidence and thirst for knowledge enabling them to realise their talents and create their own future.

We do this by:

Providing a broad, balanced, enriched and creative curriculum that is ambitious and designed to give learners', the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.

Providing a curriculum that will continue to evolve and be responsive to 21st century learning needs including sustainability and global awareness as well as ensuring it equips each learner with the essential skills for future success in their next steps.

Providing a myriad of memorable learning experiences and opportunities that thrill, inspire and promote a lifelong love of learning for learners' thus ensuring that they fulfil their unique potential.

Preparing learners' for life in modern Britain by: equipping them to be responsible, respectful, active citizens who contribute positively to society; developing their understanding of fundamental British values; developing their understanding and appreciation of diversity; celebrating what we have in common and promoting respect for the different protected characteristics as defined in law.

Focusing on the continuous professional development for our staff to enhance the teaching of the curriculum and the appropriate use of assessment. The practice and subject knowledge of staff are built up and improve over time. We recognise that by investing in their ongoing professional development we are also investing in the development of each learner.

Providing a safe, happy, calm and well-ordered environment for all learners' and staff, focused on safeguarding and risk management.

Our strong vision supports a curriculum that aims to;

' Open up the world for our school, family and community. Driven by our values we will ensure a magical journey and memorable discoveries through our aspirational, engaging curriculum. We will inspire confidence and a love of learning in a happy, safe and nurturing environment with respect for all.'

Our Curriculum is designed to enable learners' to access the Early Years or National Curriculum, developing their skills and knowledge using strategies and interventions that help to reduce the impact of their barriers to learning. We deliver our curriculum in two year topic cycles and a host of curriculum enrichment days and weeks. Our curriculum is organised into three pathways. 1, for learners' who need pre subject specific learning. 2, for learners' who need semi formal subject specific learning. 3, for learners' who need formal subject specific learning. All of our children have learning plans linked to their Education Health and Care Plan.

Our curriculum extends beyond the academic. It provides for learners' broader development, enabling them to discover and develop their interests and talents and supports learners' to develop their character, including their resilience, confidence and independence, and help them know how to keep physically and mentally healthy. We have achieved the Association for PE Quality Mark with Distinction, Health Schools Award, School Mental Health Award- Silver and the SMSC Gold Award. These awards represent the very ethos of Millwood where your children are at the heart of everything we do.

Further information about our curriculum is available on our website.

We have high expectations for all learners' in school and set challenging targets for them. We also have high expectations for learners' behaviour and conduct and apply these expectations consistently and fairly. We are a school that practises unconditional positive regard for all.

We are a school that values and actively promotes working in partnership with parent and carers. We have been awarded the Leading Parent Partnership Award. Parents and carers engage in the annual parental questionnaire each summer. 100% of parents and carers who responded to the summer 2023 questionnaire agree that: Millwood is a welcoming and inclusive school that promotes your child's independence and life skills, and their physical and emotional wellbeing, we keep your child safe, your child is happy at school, we celebrate their successes and achievements, we encourage good attendance, your child makes good progress, we keep you regularly informed of their progress, and that you made the right decision in choosing Millwood. Additional comments include:

Parents and carers receive a weekly newsletter, which is available on the school website, and receive weekly WOW moments via Seesaw. We have a number of key events in the school calendar that we invite you into school to be a part of: our Christmas performances, prize day and 3 times a year parent and carers evenings to name a few.

We work in partnership with other professionals in education, health, and social care. We meet on a regular basis with our colleagues in the SEN team and host half termly Health and Therapy meetings in school to ensure collaboration beyond school, further developing effective relationships with colleagues in other public sectors to improve outcomes for our children and families. These meetings facilitate liaison across services ensuring that barriers to learning are removed in a timely manner. Safeguarding brings everyone's information together to build a bigger picture for the child to improve their lived experience.

Safeguarding and child protection are at the centre of everything we do at Millwood, and we work hard with families and colleagues from Health and Social Care to enable learners' to have the best outcomes. We employ a safeguarding and attendance lead and child and family support worker who respond to requests for Early Help Support directly from families or from other professionals. We have frequent meetings with colleagues in the Children with Disabilities Team and participate in multi-agency meetings for learners' who are the subject of a multi-agency plan or who are Looked After. Where we have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of learners' we will consult with the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub follow their advice.

Beckie Savage, deputy headteacher, is the designated safeguarding lead. Shai Lampert is the safeguarding and attendance lead and Catherine Lomax is the child and family support worker.

We are a Rights Respecting School and have been awarded the Gold Award- from UNICEF. Children's rights are embedded in our vision, values and ethos

At the core of Millwood School is the right of all learners' to an outstanding education and supported access to all articles in the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child.

We are an inclusive school and have achieved the Inclusion Quality Mark Inclusive School Award with Centre of Excellence status.

We have a skilled and committed governing body who understand their role and carry this out effectively. They ensure that we have a clear vision and strategy and that resources are managed well. Our chair of governors is Debi Walker and our vice chair is Eve Ryan. Please have a look at the governing body page on our website for further information.

I hope you enjoy looking around the website and find it useful in gaining a clear insight into what we have to offer at Millwood School.

Please feel free to contact school if you have any queries or require any additional information.

With very best wishes

Headteacher

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Tue 11th June 2024

Football Tournament

For more details and pictures on the football tournament at The Etihad Stadium - please see the following page. ...

Wed 22nd May 2024

Goodies Uniform Deadline

Please see the following page for further information...

Mon 20th May 2024

Drop Down Day - April

On Tuesday 23 April, Elms Bank School students celebrated our Culture and Community day with a belated Eid celebration, see the following pa...

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Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice | West Yorkshire

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We're a pioneering children's hospice serving families across West Yorkshire & East Lancashire. We're here to bring joy to your child & your whole family!

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We are here to make sure that the 99,000 seriously ill children and their families across the UK can make the most of every moment they have together, whether that's for years, months or only hours.

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Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with life-threatening or terminal illness.

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At The Jolly Josh Centre we welcome children and young adults aged 0-19 who live with complex medical needs and physical disabilities. We are not just a Centre; we are a haven of safety, support, and inclusivity. Our mission is simple: to provide a nurturing environment where children, their parents, caregivers, and siblings can thrive […]

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It's back!! Our fantastic sunflower growing competition.... The sunflower is the prominent feature of our logo, its symbolic to us in may ways. For Reuben's celebration of life his family asked for everyone to bring a flower that represented Reuben to them and they...

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Join us on Sunday 21st May 2023 for the iconic Great Run Manchester 10k! As you will all know by now, our special number here at Reuben's is 23. Reuben was with us for 23 months. Our charity was formed on the 23rd and our building completed and was declared ours on...

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Join us for a very special evening, its got to be, it is in 2023! Our annual fundraiser REUBall is back at The Premier Suite, Bolton Whites Hotel and we would love to see you enjoying great food, fantastic entertainment and a fabulous evening of fundraising for...

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REACT Children's Charity - Giving Depth to Short Lives

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React - Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially Terminal illness is a dynamic charity working to improve the quality of life for children with life-limiting illnesses living in financially disadvantaged households throughout the UK.

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The Childhood Cancer Charity | Children with Cancer UK

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We raise and invest money for specialist childhood cancer research to help save the life of every child and young person with cancer.

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CCLG - The Children & Young People's Cancer Association

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We are CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association, a charity dedicated to creating a brighter future for children and young people with cancer. Powered by expertise, we unite the children and young people’s cancer community, driving collective action and progress.

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Do something Mighty in 2024

Take on a Mighty Hike to support people living with cancer. Choose from 15 routes and challenge yourself to a full or half marathon across some of the UK's most breathtaking landscapes! Sign up today and get 20% off with EARLYBIRD20.

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Take on a Mighty Hike to support people living with cancer. Choose from 15 routes and challenge yourself to a full or half marathon across some of the UK's most breathtaking landscapes! Sign up today and get 20% off with EARLYBIRD20.

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Macmillan Cancer Support | The UK's leading cancer care charity

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Macmillan Cancer Support is here to listen, support you through treatment, and help with money. We fundraise so we can do whatever it takes.

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Hello, I'm Pam. I'm a respiratory nurse specialist. Using a spacer with your inhaler means more of the medicine gets down into your lungs and is a great way to help manage your symptoms. Getting the technique right is very important. It may take a few tries to feel comfortable using a spacer, but it does get easier with practice. I'm going to show you how to use an inhaler with a spacer using what's called 'tidal breathing' or the 'multiple breath' technique. This is usually recommended if you can't hold your breath for five seconds after using your inhaler or if you are having an asthma attack. For most adults and older children, your spacer can be used with a mouthpiece, but a spacer with a mask may be given to you if you cannot put your lips around the mouthpiece to form a tight seal. If your doctor or nurse has recommended a different technique called the 'single breath and hold', watch our other video. And if you're helping a baby or child use a spacer, watch our videos on children and spacers. To use your inhaler with a spacer using the tidal breathing technique: First, hold your inhaler upright and take the cap off. Check there's nothing inside the mouthpiece. Shake it well. If your spacer has a valve, make sure the valve is facing upwards. Put your inhaler into the hole at the back of the spacer. If the mouthpiece of your spacer has a cap, take it off. Sit or stand up straight and slightly tilt your chin up as it helps the medicine reach your lungs. The next steps all happen smoothly in one action. Put your lips around the mouthpiece of the spacer to make a tight seal. Press the canister on the inhaler once to release the medicine and breathe in and out slowly and steadily into the spacer five times. Remove the inhaler and spacer from your mouth. If you've been prescribed a second puff, keep the spacer away from your mouth, wait a minute and shake the inhaler again. Then repeat the steps. Some small volume spacers make a whistling sound if you are breathing in too fast. If you are using a large volume spacer like this one, you can use the same breathing technique. With tidal breathing your spacer should make a clicking sound as the valve opens and closes. When you've finished, take the inhaler out of the spacer and replace the caps on both the inhaler and the spacer. If you've used an inhaler that contains steroids, rinse your mouth with water and spit it out to reduce the chance of side effects. For top tips on how to clean your spacer, please visit our website.

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Hi I'm Caroline. I'm a specialist respiratory nurse. Using a spacer and face mask when you're giving a baby or child medicine from an inhaler means more of the medicine gets down into their lungs and is a great way to help manage their symptoms. Getting the technique right is very important. It may take a few tries to feel comfortable giving medicine this way, but it does get easier with practice. I'm going to show you how to use a spacer with a face mask for a baby or child. If you're an adult using a spacer with a face mask, watch our video for adults. When using an inhaler and spacer with a face mask for a baby or child, how you hold or sit with your child will depend on their age. If you have a baby or young toddler, sit them on your lap facing you so you can keep eye contact. With very young babies, some parents find it works best to tilt them back slightly. If your child is older, you can sit them on your lap either sideways or facing away from you, as it's easier to handle the inhaler and spacer. If they prefer to sit or stand by themselves, it works best to face them. First, hold the inhaler upright and take the cap off. Check there's nothing inside the mouthpiece. Shake the inhaler well. Put the inhaler into the hole at the back of the spacer with the indent for the nose on the mask facing upwards. Ask them to sit or stand up straight and slightly tilt their chin up as it helps the medicine reach their lungs. Put the mask on their face to make a seal over their nose and mouth. The next steps all happen smoothly in one action. Encourage your child to breathe in and out. Press the canister on the inhaler once and get them to breathe in and out slowly and steadily five times. Remove the mask from their face. If your child is using a small volume spacer with a mask, some of them make a whistling sound if they are breathing in too fast. If your baby is using a large volume spacer with the mask, you need to tilt the end of the inhaler up to open the valve. The device should make a clicking sound as the valve opens and closes. If your child needs to take another dose, remove the mask from their face. Wait 30 seconds to a minute and shake the inhaler again, then repeat the steps. When you've finished, take the inhaler out of the spacer and replace the cap. If your child has used an inhaler that contains steroids wipe your child's face with a damp cloth and rinse their mouth out with water or brush their teeth to avoid side effects. Remember, you can get more top tips on helping your child use their inhaler by watching our other videos.

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How to use a spacer with a mask for a baby or child

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Using an inhaler with a spacer and face mask helps children and babies get the right dose of medication. We show you how to get the technique right in our video

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Find out about croup, including the symptoms, what to do if your child has it, and when to get medical help.

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Diarrhoea and Vomiting - Healthier Together

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Fever/ High Temperature - Healthier Together

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Fever/ High Temperature - Healthier Together

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Fever is extremely common in children and usually suggests that your child has an infection. It's really important that you measure your child's temperature accurately - you should use a digital thermometer (under the the armpit (axillary) for children 5 years and younger, and in the mouth for children over 5 years of age). The other option is to use an in the ear thermometer (tympanic), although these should not be used in babies below a month of age.

Viral infections are far more common than bacterial infections.

Symptoms such as runny nose, cough, wheeze, sore throat, red eyes and diarrhoea are more suggestive of a viral infection than a bacterial infection. If a number of people are unwell in the same household, this also suggests a viral infection (because viral infections are easily spread).

Fever is common in babies up to 48 hours after receiving immunisations - it is OK to give paracetamol after the MenB vaccine without seeking medical advice if your baby is otherwise well.

Occasionally, children with fever can have a seizure/fit. This is called a febrile convulsion and most commonly occurs in children aged between 6 months and 3 years. They generally occur on day 1 of the fever, and in most cases have no long term effects.

Viral infections tend to get better on their own and do not need treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotics may actually cause side effects such as rash and diarrhoea and can increase the risk of them developing antibiotic resistance.

Click here for an Operation Ouch video on fever that you and your child can watch together.

When should you worry?

If your child has any of the following:

Is pale, mottled and feels abnormally cold to touch

Has blue lips

Severe breathing difficulty - to breathless to talk or eat/drink

Has a fit/ seizure

Is extremely agitated (crying inconsolably despite distraction), confused or very lethargic (difficult to wake)

Has a rash that does not disappear with pressure (the 'Glass Test')

Is under 3 months of age with a temperature of 38°C / 100.4°F or above (unless fever in the 48 hours following vaccinations and no other red or amber features)

If your child has any of the following:

Is finding it hard to breathe

Seems dehydrated (sunken eyes, drowsy or not passed urine for 12 hours)

Is drowsy (excessively sleepy) or irritable (unable to settle them with toys, TV, food or picking up) - especially if they remain drowsy or irritable despite their fever coming down

Has extreme shivering or complains of muscle pain

Has had chickenpox in the past few days and is now getting more unwell with a high fever and spreading red rash

Swelling of a limb or joint

Too painful for your child to stand

Has a swollen eye

Complaining of severe pain that is not improving with painkillers

Is 3-6 months of age with a temperature of 39°C / 102.2°F or above (but fever is common in babies up to 2 days after they receive vaccinations)

Continues to have a fever of 38.0°C or more for more than 5 days

Is getting worse or if you are worried

You need to contact a doctor or nurse today.

Please ring your GP surgery or call NHS 111 - dial 111

If symptoms persist for 4 hours or more and you have not been able to speak to either a member of staff from your GP practice or to NHS 111 staff, recheck that your child has not developed any red features.

If none of the above features are present

If your child has any other symptoms associated with their fever, you may want to look at the information on sore throat, cough, earache, diarrhoea and vomiting or tummy ache or click here.

Additional advice is also available to young families for coping with crying of well babies - click here.

Self care

Continue providing your child's care at home. If you are still concerned about your child, speak to your h ealth visitor, local pharmacist or call NHS 111- dial 111. Keep monitoring your child for red and amber features and seek help if they develop

Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend.

What should you do?

Keep monitoring your child for red and amber features (see above). Seek help if they develop, as this may suggest a more severe illness requiring specific investigations and treatment.

To make your child more comfortable, you may want to lower their temperature using paracetamol (calpol) and/or ibuprofen. Use one and if your child has not improved 2-3 hours later you may want to try giving the other medicine. However, remember that fever is a normal response that may help the body to fight infection and paracetamol/ibuprofen will not get rid of it entirely.

Avoid tepid sponging your child - it doesn't actually reduce your child's temperature and may cause your child to shiver.

Encourage them to drink plenty of fluids.

If a rash appears, do the glass test.

How long will your child's symptoms last?

Fever caused by a viral infection tends to improve within 2 to 3 days.

If your child's fever lasts for more than 5 days, get them seen by your GP.

The chart below shows how long fever lasts in a child with viral infections. The faces represent 10 children who have seen their GP with a viral infection. Green faces are those children whose fever has recovered within that time period.

The diagrams above are taken from www.whenshouldiworry.com

Watch a local GP and health visitor talking about what they would look out for in a child with a fever:

Where should you seek help?

For wear and tear, minor trips and everything in between.

Self-care

You can treat your child's very minor illnesses and injuries at home.

Some illnesses can be treated in your own home with support and advice from the services listed when required, using the recommended medicines and getting plenty of rest.

Sound advice

Children can recover from illness quickly but also can become more poorly quickly; it is important to seek further advice if a child's condition gets worse.

For information on common childhood illnesses go to What is wrong with my child?

Pharmacists are experts in many aspects of healthcare and can offer advice on a wide range of long-term conditions and common illnesses such as coughs, colds and stomach upsets. You don't need an appointment and many have private consultation areas, so they are a good first port of call. Your pharmacist will say if you need further medical attention.

Sound advice

1. Visit a pharmacy if your child is ill, but does not need to see a GP.

2. Remember that if your child's condition gets worse, you should seek further medical advice immediately.

3. Help your child to understand - watch this video with them about going to the pharmacy.

For information on common childhood illnesses go to What is wrong with my child?

Health visitors are nurses or midwives who are passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and preventing illness through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. They work with you through your pregnancy up until your child is ready to start school.

Health Visitors can also make referrals for you to other health professionals for example hearing or vision concerns or to the Community Paediatricians or to the child and adolescent mental health services.

Contact them by phoning your Health Visitor Team or local Children's Centre.

Sound advice

Health visitors also provide advice, support and guidance in caring for your child, including:

Breastfeeding, weaning and healthy eating

Exercise, hygiene and safety

Your child's growth and development

Emotional health and wellbeing, including postnatal depression

Safety in the home

Stopping smoking

Contraception and sexual health

Sleep and behaviour management (including temper tantrums!)

Toilet training

Minor illnesses

For more information watch the video: What does a health visitor do?

School nurses care for children and young people, aged 5-19, and their families, to ensure their health needs are supported within their school and community. They work closely with education staff and other agencies to support parents, carers and the children and young people, with physical and/or emotional health needs.
Contacting the School Nurse
Primary and secondary schools have an allocated school nurse - telephone your child's school to ask for the contact details of your named school nurse.

There is also a specialist nurse who works with families who choose to educate their children at home.

Sound Advice

Before your child starts school your health visitor will meet with the school nursing team to transfer their care to the school nursing service. The school nursing team consists of a school nursing lead, specialist public health practitioners and school health staff nurses.

They all have a role in preventing disease and promoting health and wellbeing, by:-

encouraging healthier lifestyles

offering immunisations

giving information, advice and support to children, young people and their families

supporting children with complex health needs

Each member of the team has links with many other professionals who also work with children including community paediatricians, child and adolescent mental health teams, health visitors and speech and language therapists. The school health nursing service also forms part of the multi-agency services for children, young people and families where there are child protection or safeguarding issues.

GPs assess, treat and manage a whole range of health problems. They also provide health education, give vaccinations and carry out simple surgical procedures. Your GP will arrange a referral to a hospital specialist should you need it.

Sound advice

You have a choice of service:

1. Doctors/GPs can treat many illnesses that do not warrant a visit to A&E.

2. Help your child to understand - watch this video with them about visiting the GP or going to a walk in centre

For information on common childhood illnesses go to What is wrong with my child?

If you're not sure which NHS service you need, call 111. An adviser will ask you questions to assess your symptoms and then give you the advice you need, or direct you straightaway to the best service for you in your area.

Sound advice

Use NHS 111 if you are unsure what to do next, have any questions about a condition or treatment or require information about local health services.

For information on common childhood illnesses go to What is wrong with my child?

A&E departments provide vital care for life-threatening emergencies, such as loss of consciousness, suspected heart attacks, breathing difficulties, or severe bleeding that cannot be stopped. If you're not sure it's an emergency, call 111 for advice.

Sound advice

1. Many visits to A&E and calls to 999 could be resolved by any other NHS services.

2. If your child's condition is not critical, choose another service to get them the best possible treatment.

3. Help your child to understand - watch this video with them about going to A&E or riding in an ambulance

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A normal temperature in babies and children is about 36.4C, but this can vary slightly. A high temperature or fever is usually considered to be a temperature of 38C or above.
Your baby may have a high temperature if they:

feel hotter than usual to touch on their back or chest

feel sweaty or clammy

have flushed cheeks

If you think your baby has a high temperature, it's best to check their temperature with a thermometer. This can help you work out whether you need to get medical advice.

How do I take my child's temperature?

Ideally, you need a digital thermometer to get a fast, accurate reading.

You can buy these online or from pharmacies and most large supermarkets.

To take your child's temperature:

1. Hold them comfortably on your knee and put the thermometer in their armpit - always use the thermometer in the armpit with children under 5 years.

2. Gently, but firmly, hold their arm against their body to keep the thermometer in place for however long it says in the manufacturer's instructions - usually about 15 seconds. Some digital thermometers beep when they're ready.

3. The display on the thermometer will then show your child's temperature.

How can I make sure the reading is accurate?

If you use a digital thermometer in your child's armpit and follow the manufacturer's instructions carefully, you should get an accurate reading.

There are a few things that can slightly alter the reading - for example, if your child has been:

wrapped up tightly in a blanket

in a very warm room

very active

cuddling a hot water bottle

wearing a lot of clothes

having a bath

If this is the case, allow them to cool down for a few minutes, but do not let them get cold or shivery, then take their temperature again to see if there's any change.

Other types of thermometer

You can buy other types of thermometer, but they may not be as accurate as a digital thermometer for taking a baby or young child's temperature:

ear (tympanic) thermometers - these allow you to take a temperature reading from the ear and are quick but expensive; they can give misleading readings if you do not put them in the ear correctly, which is more likely to happen with babies because their ear holes are so small

strip-type thermometers - these are held against the forehead and are not an accurate way of taking a temperature. They show the temperature of the skin, rather than the body

You should never use an old-fashioned glass thermometer containing mercury. These can break, releasing small splinters of glass and highly poisonous mercury. They're no longer used in hospitals and you cannot buy them in shops.

If your child is exposed to mercury, get medical advice immediately.

What causes a high temperature in children?

A high temperature is usually a sign that your child's body is trying to fight an infection.

Some babies and young children get a high temperature after having their vaccinations. This should go away quite quickly by itself. If you're concerned, speak to a health visitor or GP.

What should I do if my baby has a high temperature?

You can usually look after your baby or child at home when they have a high temperature. Make sure you give them plenty of drinks, to avoid dehydration. If you're breastfeeding, offer your baby plenty of feeds.

Ask for an urgent GP appointment or call NHS 111 if your child:

your child has other signs of illness, such as a rash, as well as a high temperature

your baby's temperature is 38C or higher if they're under 3 months old

your baby's temperature is 39C or higher if they're 3 to 6 months old

Call 999 or go to A&E if a baby or young child has a high temperature and:

a rash that does not fade when you roll a glass over it

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Find out about what to do if you're worried your baby has a high temperature, including the best way to take their temperature and when to call a GP or 111.