Advice and guides
Medicines come in many different forms. On the pages below you can watch videos and find information about how to give your child different types of medicines. There is also general advice on medicines and different types of health professionals.
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General information about medicines
This section provides advice about how to give medicines, information about antibiotics, useful guidance on how to travel safely with medicines, possible side effects to look out for,...
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How to give different types of medicines
This section provides videos and information about how to give different formulations of medicines to your child.
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Helping your child to swallow tablets
This page offers practical advice about helping your child to swallow tablets. The same techniques can be used for swallowing capsules. Specific information on individual medicines is available...
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Frequently Asked Questions
We have developed a series of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) which cover many of the questions asked by our users about general medicines administration and the Medicines for...
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The roles of different healthcare professionals
Our series of parent/carer information films feature interviews with some of the many health care professionals with whom parents or carers may come into contact whilst navigating child...
