Common Topics

  1. All
  2. Abdominal Pain
  3. Asthma
  4. Babies
  5. Child safety
  6. Complex Needs
  7. Constipation
  8. Cough/cold
  9. COVID-19
  10. Dental/Oral Health
  11. Development skills
  12. Diarrhoea and vomiting
  13. Diet
  14. Difficulty breathing
  15. Earache
  16. Eyes
  17. Head injury
  18. Fever/High Temperature
  19. Immunisations/vaccinations
  20. Jaundice (yellow baby)
  21. Mental Health (Parents/Carers)
  22. Mental Health (Young People)
  23. Milk Allergy
  24. Rashes
  25. School/nursery
  26. Seizure
  27. Skin Conditions
  28. Sore throat

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Welcome to Healthier Together, a great place to find accurate and trusted NHS healthcare advice in the North East and North Cumbria. All the information on this site has been checked by clinicians, to ensure we offer the best advice for parents, carers, young people and health professionals.

Concerned your child is unwell (3 months and over)?

Guidance for children from 3 months on illnesses for parents and carers

Parents/Carers

NHS worried about your child, links to common illness pages providing advice and reassurance of what to do and or where to go when your child is ill. Also includes links to pages about whether your child can go to school or advice on keeping your child healthy

All Paediatric Pathways (at a glance)

A snapshot of all Healthier Together paediatric pathways with links to documents

My baby is constipated

Constipation is when your baby’s poo becomes hard and becomes difficult to pass. They may go several days without having a poo, their poos may look like firm dry pellets that do not soak into their nappy and they may become very unsettled. Fortunately, constipation is usually easy to treat at home. Your baby is not constipated if their poo is soft, even if they have not had a dirty nappy for 1 or 2 days.