Developed with paediatricians specifically for remote assessment and safety netting
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NO LONGER RELEVANT AND IS NOT BEING UPDATED BUT HAS BEEN LEFT ON THE SITE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY
This information is sourced from Healthier Together:
- The Healthier Together website has produced clinical pathways for GPs to use when assessing children remotely
- Each pathway categorises risk into low, medium or high with recommended actions for each
There are clinical pathways and safety netting leaflets for parents for the following conditions:
- Abdominal pain
- Cough and breathlessness in children under 1 year
- Cough and breathlessness in children over 1 year
- Diarrhoea & vomiting
- Earache
- Fever
- Head injury
- Limp
- Rash
- Sore throat
- Unsettled baby
To access the condition specific safety netting leaflets at the end of each pathway:
- Click on the safety netting advice hyperlink in the green action box to take you to the leaflet
- Then click on the SMS share icon at the top left of the webpage and type in a parents mobile number to send them a link to the same page
See also:
How should we approach common childhood illnesses in the context of Covid-19?
