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23rd July 2024

Help to keep your children healthy this summer

The summer holidays can be at time when children spend more time outdoors and its more common to experience health issues such as hay fever or suffer a minor injury such as cuts, grazes or insect bites.

The South Yorkshire Healthier Together website has a range of resources to help parents and carers keep children healthy this summer, providing including advice on what ‘red-flag’ signs to look out for, where to seek help if required and how long your child’s symptoms are likely to last.

· Hay fever

· Common virus such as sickness and diarrhoea or coughs and colds

· Tick and other insect bites

· Chicken pox

· Headaches

· Keeping kids safe when out and about

The South Yorkshire Healthier Together website has a host of information and resources to support the health of pregnant women, babies, children and young people. The site has information on common childhood illnesses, including advice on what ‘red-flag’ signs to look out for, where to seek help if required and how long your child’s symptoms are likely to last.

The site also has a dedicated section for young people to access independently that includes information and advice about mental health, neurodivergence, sexual health, long term conditions, plus much more.

The content on the website has been developed by NHS doctors, midwives and health professionals from across South Yorkshire and nationally. The website is available here https://sybhealthiertogether.nhs.uk/.

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