Common Topics

Toolkit for services for young people in and around North Tyneside

It is common for children to walk intermittently on their tip toes when they are learning to walk. Idiopathic toe walking (ITW) is an exclusionary diagnosis given to healthy children who persistently walk on their toes after they should typically have achieved a heel‐toe gait.

Links to organisations needed when growing up ,including information to help with accessing your GP, preparing for adulthood and puberty

Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella virus. It cannot be treated with antibiotics. Treatment is usually only needed to help with fever or pain (e.g. paracetamol) and for the rash (e.g. calamine lotion).