Information for Parents

Here are some areas of our web site that we think may be of particular interest to parents. You can, of course, access all the information on this site, using other navigation tools or the search facility.

Childhood illnesses

Illness is a normal part of childhood. Children may suffer from a range of illnesses which even when minor, can be distressing for child and parent alike, but knowing more about the illness and what to do can take away some of the worry.

Chickenpox

Diptheria
Headlice
HiB (haemophilus influenzae type b)
Measles
Meningitis

Mumps
Pertusis (Whooping cough)

Rubella (German measles)

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a very exciting time, but it is also be a time when there are specific health issues that you may not normally think of.

Vaccination

Children are more at risk from infections than the rest of the population. That is why the role of vaccines in reducing diseases is such an important part of protecting and improving the health of children.

Out in the sun

In the summer everybody wants to be out in the sun, but too much sun can be harmful to the skin and eyes. What should you do to protect yourself and your children?

HPA Sun sense advice

Mobile phones

Are you being pestered to buy a mobile phone for your young child or is a mobile phone mast being erected in your neighbourhood?.

Information on mobile phones and base stations.

Drugs

Injecting Drug Users are vulnerable to a diverse range of infectious and communicable diseases, including HIV, wound botulism, and hepatitis C, which can result in considerable morbidity and mortality.

Injecting drug users

Sexually transmitted infections

The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is continuing to rise in young people aged between 16 and 21 years. In 2004, young women and men accounted for 74% and 56% of all chlamydia diagnoses and 70% and 41% of gonorrhoea diagnoses, respectively.

HIV and STIs