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Abdominal Organs Injuries (Spleen, Liver and Kidney)
Abdominal Pain (Stomach Ache)
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
Achondroplasia - Positioning and handling of babies with Achondroplasia
Adenoidectomy
Allergy - Cow's milk allergy and milk free diet
Allergy - Egg Allergy and egg free diet
Allergy - EpiPen® Use
Allergy - Food Allergies and Eczema
Allergy - Fruit and vegetable allergy
Allergy - Latex allergy
Allergy - Peanut allergy and peanut free diet
Allergy - Seafood allergy (includes fish and shellfish)
Allergy - Sesame free diet
Allergy - Soy allergy and soy free diet
Allergy - Tree nut allergy and tree nut free diet
Allergy and allergy tests
Anaesthesia and day surgery
Anaesthesia and risk in infants
Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery
Analgesia - Patient or nurse controlled
Anorexia nervosa in children and young people
Anterior knee pain in children and adolescents
Anxiety
Appendicitis
Arterio-venous malformation (AVM) of the brain
Asthma - Schools and child services action plan for asthma flare up
Asthma and your child: A resource pack for parents and carers
Asthma Factsheet
Asthma medication inhalation devices
Asthma medicines
Asthma- Daily asthma symptoms diary
Asthma- Good asthma control checklist
Autism Spectrum Disorder
B
Back Care - Looking after your back - for parents and carers
Bedwetting
Biliary Atresia
Bilious Vomiting
Bites and stings
Blood tests - Venepuncture
Blood transfusion
Bowlegs and knock-knees
Brain death
Breast care for breastfeeding mothers after the death of a child
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding - Expressing, handling and storage of breast milk
Breastfeeding... Is it for me?
Breath holding spells
Bronchiolitis
Broomstick plaster
Burn injuries: Care advice
Button batteries
C
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for babies (less than 12 months of age)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for children (over 12 months of age)
Care of the intravenous cannula at home
Care of the Midline at home
Care of the PICC at home
Catheterisation and supra pubic urine aspiration
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Chickenpox
Children’s painful procedures and operations
Choosing my team
Chronic illness
Chronic neonatal lung disease
Coeliac disease
Colonoscopy
Comforting your baby during painful procedures
Common newborn concerns
Concussion and mild brain injury
Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (Clubfoot)
Connective tissue dysplasia
Constipation
Contrast enema
Contrast swallow, contrast meal and follow through
Conversations with child care and pre-school: for children with developmental delay or disability
COVID-19 - Caring for low risk COVID-19 positive children
COVID-19 - Recovering from COVID-19
CPVT - Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Croup
Crutches - information for safe crutch walking
Crying Baby
CT scan (computerised tomography)
Cuffed Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Central Line
Curly Toes
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
D
Daytime wetting
Dega osteotomy
Depression in children: What parents should know
Developmental delay
Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
Disruptive behaviours in children: What parents should know
E
E-cigarettes and Vaping
Ear problems in children
Ears - Can your child hear?
Ears - Glue ear and grommets
Ears - Hearing loss in children with Down syndrome
Ears - Hearing loss in One Ear: Babies & PreSchool Children
Ears - The Inheritance of hearing loss and deafness
Ears - Unilateral (single sided) hearing loss: The school child
Eczema
Eczema: Wet Dressing
Elective stoma closure
Epidurals
Evaluating health information on the Internet
Eyes - Congenital cataracts
Eyes - How to make an eye patch
Eyes - Your baby’s eyes
Eyes - Your child's visual rehabilitation after cataract surgery
F
Femoral derotation osteotomy (FDO)
Fever
Fever - Febrile convulsions
Flat feet
Fontan - Getting a job with a Fontan circulation
Fontan circulation - Driving with a Fontan circulation
Fontan circulation - Getting insurance with a Fontan circulation
Fontan circulation - Taking risks with a Fontan circulation
Fontan circulation - Transitioning to Adult Health Services with a Fontan circulation - Checklist
Fontan circulation - Transitioning to the adult health service with a Fontan circulation
Fontan circulation and arrhythmia
Fontan circulation and the liver
Fontan circulation, exercise and living a healthy lifestyle
Fontan circulation, sexual health and pregnancy
Food - Baby's first foods
Food - Fussy eating in toddlers
Food - Healthy eating for toddlers
Food - Healthy Snack Choices
Food - High Energy Eating for Children
Food - High Energy Eating for Infants 6-12 months
Food - Vegetarian eating in children
Food - Ways to boost iron intake for babies, toddlers and children
Food intake record
Food safety
Fractures - bone healing
Fundoplication
G
Gastroenteritis
Gastrostomy
General Movements Assessment - information for parents
H
Haemangiomas
Headaches in children
Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura (HSP)
Hepatitis B virus infection in infants and children
Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children
Hernia - Inguinal
Hernia - Umbilical
Hip abduction orthosis
Hives (Urticaria)
Home Oxygen Therapy
House dust mite allergy- what should you do?
Hydration and the active child: making sure your child has enough water
Hydroceles
Hypertonic Saline - How to use at home
Hypospadias
I
Immunisation
Immunisation - information on the diseases covered
Impetigo
Indwelling Urinary Catheter
Infant Formula
Influenza
Intellectual disability
Intoeing in children (pigeon toes)
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
IV - The facts about drips
J
Jaundice in newborn babies
Joint hypermobility
K
Kawasaki disease
L
Language development – the early years
Lateral column lengthening of the foot
Lead
Leech therapy
Liver biopsy
Long QT syndrome
Looking after yourself – information for parents and carers Factsheet
Lumbar puncture
M
Malrotation and volvulus
Mantoux skin test
Medical play
Medication compliance
Meningitis
Meningococcal infection
Microtia
Micturating Cysto Uretherogram (MCU)
Micturating Cysto Uretherogram (MCU) - CHW
Midline
Migraine in children
MRE Scan for Crohn's Disease
MRI scan
Multi-resistant organisms (MRO)
N
Nappy rash
Nightmares and night terrors
Nitrous oxide
Non Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter
Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan
Nuclear Medicine DMSA Scan
O
OA/TOF: Eating and drinking considerations for OA/TOF children: 1 year and older
OA/TOF: Extra nutrition support for OA/TOF children: 6 months and older
OA/TOF: Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula
Obesity - A healthy lifestyle for a healthy weight
Obesity - For my adolescent with a weight problem: Where to from here?
Obesity - For my child with a weight problem: Where to from here?
Obesity - How do I know if my child has a weight problem
Obesity - How to get kids to be more active
Obesity - How to talk to your child about their weight: a guide for parents and carers
Obesity - Losing weight: why the whole family needs to be involved
Obesity - Preventing Holiday Weight Gain - Managing the School Holiday Period
Obesity - Weight management tip: Improve your child’s sleep
Obesity - Weight management tips for parents and carers
Obesity - Weight management tips for parents and carers: Helping your adolescent to lose weight
Opioid (pain reliever) infusion
Oral health and medications for children with a heart condition
Oral health for children with a heart condition
Organ donation
Otitis media with effusion (Middle Ear Infection)
P
Paediatric palliative care: factsheet for families
Pain - the facts
Parenteral nutrition
Passive smoking
Patent ductus arteriosus in the premature infant
Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)
Perthes' disease
Physiotherapy for children after heart surgery
Plaster cast or backslab care instructions for patients and their carers
Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
Pneumonia
Poisonous or harmful plants
Poisons
Port - Implantable Venous Access Device
Positional plagiocephaly
Post cardiac surgery discharge information - CHW
Pressure injuries
R
Radiation... and its uses in Hospitals for Diagnostic Testing
Reflux
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
S
Scoliosis
Screen time and children
Sedation - Procedural sedation
Seizures and Epilepsy
Signs of serious illness in children
Slapped cheek disease or Fifth disease (Parvovirus)
Sleep - Bi-Level Ventilation
Sleep - CPAP care and maintenance of equipment
Sleep - CPAP Ventilation
Sleep - Humidification for CPAP and Bi-Level Machines
Sleep - Normal sleep patterns 0 - 16 years
Sleep - Respiratory Support Service (RSS): Equipment Hire
Sleep screen (trolley) study
Sleep study
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
Small high powered magnets
Sore throat
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Adolescents and adults with Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Antenatal Consultation in Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Be active adolescents and adults
Spina Bifida - Be active kids with Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Bladder Management and Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Care of a newborn baby with Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
Spina Bifida - Equipment needs
Spina Bifida - Foot care
Spina Bifida - Healthy Lifestyle for Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Hospital admissions
Spina Bifida - Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Introduction to bowel management and Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Lipomas and Lipomyelomeningoceles
Spina Bifida - Living well with Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Lower limb paralysis and Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Making decisions about treatments in Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Pressure relief technique (weight shifts) and Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida - Protecting your skin
Spina Bifida - Relationships and Sexuality
Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Occupational Therapy
Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Physiotherapy
Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Social Work
Spina Bifida - Spinal Cord Surgeries and Complications
Spina Bifida - Transition to School
Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Adolescents with Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Kids with Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Bladder Management
Spinal Cord Injury - Bowel management and Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
Spinal Cord Injury - Foot Care and Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Healthy Lifestyle
Spinal Cord Injury - Hospital admissions and Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Making decisions about treatments in Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Reintegration to school after spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility and Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury - Starting school and spinal cord injury
Split Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer (SPLATT)
Stuttering
Surgery - How do I prepare my child for planned surgery
Swaddling - how this affects baby hips
Sweat test
T
Teeth - Caring for your child's teeth
Teeth - Tooth development
Teeth - What to do if a child knocks out their adult front tooth
Tethered cord syndrome
Tetralogy of Fallot Spells
The inherited arrythmia clinic
Tissue donation
Tonsillectomy
Transition - Financial issues
Transition - GPs
Transition - Growing Up and Moving On: Transition Planning Information
Transition - Is your teen ready?
Travelling with respiratory support equipment
Trichotillomania
Trigger thumb
Tube feeding - Caring for your child’s Nasogastric tube
Tube feeding - Common problems with your child’s gastrostomy button
Tube feeding - Common tolerance problems your child may experience while tube feeding
Tube feeding - Gastrostomy
Tube feeding - Looking after your child’s feeding equipment
Tube feeding - The importance of a clean mouth
Tube feeding - Trans-gastric Jejunal feeding device
Tube feeding - Transitioning from tube to oral feeding
Tube feeding - What is tube feeding?
Tube feeding - Your child's new gastrostomy button
Tube feeding - Your child’s tube feeding formula
Tuberculosis (TB)
U
Umbilical granuloma
Uncuffed tunnelled central venous catheter
Undescended testes
Upper endoscopy
Urinary tract infection in children
V
Varising Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) SCH
Varus Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) CHW & HNE
Vesicostomy
W
Wheelchair
Wheeze - Viral induced wheeze
Whooping cough
Wrist buckle fracture