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Are you an over-anxious parent?

Your daughter has an ongoing ear infection that hasn’t cleared after three consecutive courses of antibiotics. Your doctor says she will grow out of it,  and is just prone to ear infections, but you’re not happy with this diagnosis. What do you do? We look at ways of challenging the medical profession when their reassurance…

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Helping Your Child Deal With Bereavement

New guidelines have been drawn up setting out how a doctor can help children cope with the death of someone who is close to them. The policy, drawn up by the American Academy of Pediatrics, sets out how children of each age group see bereavement. For children up to the age of two: Death is…

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Changing your GP

A good GP  is a very valuable thing, but sometimes you and your health professional just don’t get along. If you feel that a poor relationship is having an impact on your care, then you do have the right to find someone else to look after you. Changing your GP may seem daunting, but while it is…

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How to change your GP

A good GP is a very valuable thing, but sometimes you and your health professional just don’t get along. If you feel that a poor relationship is having an impact on your care, then you do have the right to find someone else to look after you. Changing your GP may seem daunting, but while it…

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Illness diagnosis chart : is your child ill?

This chart has been designed as an aid to help you evaluate what your child is suffering from.   This information is provided for educational purposes and we advise that if you are at all concerned about the health of you or your family members then you contact your doctor.    

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Parents fight for their daughter’s ‘right to life’

1st October 2000 The parents of a critically ill baby have been given permission for their High Court battle for her right to treatment to be heard in public. 11 month old Charlotte Wyatt weighed only one pound and was five inches long when she was born three months premature at 26 weeks gestation. She…

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