Child Health Advice

Click here for your guide to coughs, colds, earaches and sore throats in children.

Click here for a visual guide to identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome and chicken pox.

It can be tricky deciding whether or not to keep your child off school, nursery or playgroup when they're unwell. Click here for further guidance.

Parents, carers and loved ones can now get more help and answers to common questions and concerns on the Kent Family website provided by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Health visiting, school health, and school-aged immunisation teams have contributed to the site offering useful guidance and support from pregnancy through to the teenage years.

Click here to find information, advice and guidance from Kent County Council. This also includes information on what to do if you think a child or young person may have special educational needs.

Click here to find local mental health & well-being services available for young people, parents and carers.

By the age of four months, babies in the UK are protected against nine different infectious diseases because of the childhood immunisation program. To find out more about vaccines offered and the infectious diseases they protect against, click here.