Carer information station

We have collated the following information and resources on this page to help you and your child after visiting our hospitals.

Upon discharge, your child’s clinician will advise you on which leaflets / information to read.

You can also find guidance on managing common childhood illnesses at home.

Some information on this page has been produced with kind permission of Healthier Together (a project to improve the health of children and young people in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight). This information also available in alternative languages at the bottom of each of these web pages.

Information resources

Abdominal pain (tummy ache) - new :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Arm injury :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Asthma attack :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Bronchiolitis and RSV :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Burn :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Chickenpox :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Eye redness or swelling :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Constipation :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Cough and cold :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

COVID-19 :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Croup :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Cuts and wounds :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Diarrhoea and vomiting :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Difficulty breathing and wheeze :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Earache :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Eczema :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Eye Injury :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Fever / High Temperature :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Flu (Influenza) :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Food Allergy and anaphylaxis (provided by Allergy Care Pathway: Itchy Sneezy Wheezy Project)

Swallowed a foreign object :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Hand, foot and mouth disease :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Headache :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Head Injury :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Leg injury :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Measles :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Meningitis :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Nose bleeds :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Poisoning/accidental swallowing :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Rashes :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Seizures :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Sepsis - spotting the signs :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Strep A and scarlet fever :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)

Sore throat :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)