Child Health leaflets

Child Health and related information leaflets. For information about the service, see our Child Health page.

Title	Date published
Bidwell Brook Annual Review (, 118KB)	5 Mar 2026
Blended diet via Feeding tubes: A practical guide for parents (, 283KB)	20 Dec 2024
Bronchiolitis - Information for parents and carers (, 113KB)	3 Jun 2025
Bruising or injury to non-mobile children (, 205KB)	11 Jun 2025
Children Discharged from the Children’s Emergency Department (, 234KB)	6 May 2025
Children's MRI scan under general anaesthetic (, 235KB)	6 Mar 2013
Children's Oral Food Challenge (, 134KB)	3 Jun 2025
Children’s MRI Scans under sedation with intranasal Dexmedetomidine – Information for parents (, 153KB)	8 Jul 2025
Children’s oral drug challenge (, 135KB)	13 Jun 2025
Coping with worries about diabetes - a guide for the brothers or sisters of children with diabetes (, 141KB)	7 Jul 2026
Coping with worries about Diabetes - Children 5-8 (, 399KB)	19 Aug 2016
Coping with worries about Diabetes - Children 9-12 (, 414KB)	19 Aug 2016
Croup - information for parents and carers (, 139KB)	3 Jun 2025
Dealing with worries about Diabetes - Parents and Carers (, 168KB)	7 Jul 2026
Diabetes and Sexual Functioning (, 211KB)	7 Jul 2026
Diabetes Burnout (, 493KB)	19 Aug 2016
Diabetes in Children - Preventing Diabetes Complications (, 283KB)	18 Jan 2019
Diabetes in children - Type 1 Diabetes - Education for Families (, 2MB)	7 Dec 2018
Feeding Your Child Blended Foods Through a Gastrostomy Feeding Tube, A Practical Guide (, 1MB)	20 Dec 2024
First fits cover letter and seizure diary (, 158KB)	5 Mar 2026
Following your Child's Drug Challenge (, 137KB)	3 Jun 2025
Following your child's food challenge (, 139KB)	3 Jun 2025
Gastroenteritis: Information for Parents about (, 113KB)	3 Jun 2025
Heart Murmurs - Information for Parents (, 83KB)	11 Jun 2025
How to adjust insulin doses (, 236KB)	16 Nov 2018
How to cope with Diabetes - A booklet for teens with diabetes (, 444KB)	19 Aug 2016
Ketamine - discharge advice for parents (, 147KB)	25 Jul 2025
Ketamine - patient and parent information (, 191KB)	25 Jul 2025
LHRH Test - Information for parents / carers (, 103KB)	27 Jun 2025
Managing your child's pain: Information about (, 187KB)	21 Mar 2011
Managing your pain: Information about (, 137KB)	21 Mar 2011
Micturating Cystogram: Information for the Parents of Children Undergoing a (, 162KB)	2 May 2025
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test - Information for parents / carers. Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit (, 173KB)	22 Jun 2018
Paediatric Allergy Clinic (, 93KB)	9 Jul 2025
Paediatrics Out-patient appointments at Torbay Hospital (, 115KB)	5 Mar 2026
Paediatrics Rheumatology Clinic Information (, 132KB)	5 Mar 2026
Penthrox® (“Green Whistle”) for Pain Relief in Children and Young People (6 to 18 years) (, 157KB)	19 May 2026
Pre-School Wheeze, Information for parents / carers (, 124KB)	3 Jun 2025
Protecting your baby from Low Blood Glucose (, 273KB)	29 Jul 2019
Safeguarding Information for Children Attending with Dog Bites (, 120KB)	21 Feb 2025
Skeletal Survey (, 95KB)	21 Feb 2025
Synacthen Test - Information for parents / carers. Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit (, 172KB)	22 Jun 2018
Type 1 Diabetes - Telephone support for the parents of newly diagnosed children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes (, 132KB)	6 May 2022

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Children and Family Health Devon resources

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