All Factsheets
A
- 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 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
- 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 head 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
- 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
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
- 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
K
L
- Language development – the early years
- Lateral column lengthening of the foot
- Lead
- Leech therapy
- Liver biopsy
- Long QT syndrome
- 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
- Recognition of serious illness in children
- Reflux
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
S
- Scoliosis
- Screen time and children
- Sedation - Procedural sedation
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- 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
- Uncuffed tunnelled central venous catheter
- Undescended testes
- Upper endoscopy
- Urinary tract infection in children