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Patient update

Our Paediatric Hub relaunched in October 2025. It is available daily for acute problems and runs from 9:30am-1pm. Appointments can be booked online from 7am for any child under 16. We would encourage you to please book online to minimise call wait times for all patients. Please ensure that you have online access set up for your child.

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Is my child too ill for school?

There are concerns locally and nationally as there has been a concerning rise in school absences with a large proportion attributable to illness. It seems that some parents are now, post-COVID, less confident in assessing if their child is well enough to be in school.

A new publication from the NHS ‘Is my child too ill for school?’ is highly informative and we encourage all parents to read it.