Thread by @drstephcoughlin, Winter is here. Numbers of younger children presenting to GPs practices is [...]

💙Stephanie Coughlin

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Winter is here. Numbers of younger children presenting to GPs practices is increasing, many have symptoms that can overlap with COVID-19.

There are lots of questions from primary care about how they can look after their younger patients safely.

Some helpful resources

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@CC4CLondon have pulled together some incredibly helpful FAQs that are a MUST READ for all primary care teams

#COVID19
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@Health_2gether and @RCPCH have very easy to use clinical pathways for common conditions in children using remote assessment

https://what0-18.nhs.uk/professionals/childrens-nurses/clinical-pathways-remote-assessment

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Dr Liz Whittaker from @imperialcollege shares some advice for GPs who are seeing children with fever - worth sharing with GP trainees

https://vimeo.com/458197692/3d575c8691

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The traffic light approach from @NICE provides approach to risk assessment of unwell child in out of hospital setting

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng143/resources/support-for-education-and-learning-educational-resource-traffic-light-table-pdf-6960664333

https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/feverish-children-risk-assessment/

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@rcgp have produced some top tips on COVID relating to children and young people

https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/pluginfile.php/148864/mod_page/content/82/Paediatric%20top%20tips_v3%20formatted.pdf
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If you are looking for something to share with parents with advice on what to do if your child is unwell @Health_2gether and @RCPCH created an advice sheet and some FAQs

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