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

Childhood growing pains

Growing pains are described as acute muscular pain in the legs which can cause nocturnal waking. This condition occurs in about 15% of children as early as 1 year old. The child does not limp and symptoms are relieved by massage and simple analgesics.

In-toeing or pigeon toe (feet turn in when walking)

In-toeing or 'pigeon toe' and is very common in young children.
What is ln-toeing?
Some children's feet turn in when they walk. This is called in-toeing or 'pigeon toe' and is very common in young children. It is one of the most common normal variants in children and is usually seen in both feet but may be just one.

Flu vaccine toolkit for nurseries (2 - 3 year olds)

This campaign toolkit is available for nursery schools and primary and secondary schools to use and adapt to encourage uptake of the flu vaccination for 2–3-year-olds and older children. It has been produced by the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Community resources

Asthma resources for the community

Sugar: the facts

Kids are having over 2 times more sugar than is recommended, with half of it coming from snacks and sugary drinks.