Guidance for parents about taking their child to hospital

There have been media reports around parents having to make the difficult decisions around whether or not they bring their children into hospital when they’re unwell. 

Footfall in children’s A&E has reduced dramatically and hospitals are seeing children attending later in the progress of their health that is non-Covid related need than they would otherwise. 

New guidance on this is now available - click on the poster on the right to download it.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has lots of information on their website here