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PHA issues baby bath seat warning

Bath time is a fun and essential part of a child's routine, but it’s also a moment when water safety is crucial. The Public Health Agency (PHA) is supporting the Royal Life Saving Society’s (RLSS UK) campaign ‘Splash Safety at Your Pad’ to help ensure all parents and guardians know how to keep their child safe while in the bath and to highlight the risks of baby bath seats. Deirdre Ward, Nurse Consultant at the PHA, said: “We know from data in England that the number of children sadly drowning in the bath has increased. Many of these tragic deaths were of children five and under, and a number

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): what do I need to know?

Please note this is an updated version of the leaflet originally published on 9 September.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): questions and answers

Please note this is an updated version of the factsheet originally published on 9 September.

Off to a good start

This book presents the reasons why mothers and babies benefit from breastfeeding and explains how to breastfeed successfully. 

This book presents the reasons why mothers and babies benefit from breastfeeding and explains how to breastfeed successfully. It covers issues including how breastfeeding works, positioning and attachment, how to know if breastfeeding is going well, expressing milk, breastfeeding and babies in special care, advice on breastfeeding and bed-sharing, dealing with common problems, fitting breastfeeding into your life, and going back to work.

You and your baby – supporting love and nurture on the neonatal unit

Produced by Unicef and supported by the PHA, this leaflet is for parents who have a baby in neonatal care.

It covers feeding your baby, the importance of skin-to-skin contact, helping your baby’s development, getting involved, helping your baby to breastfeed and taking your baby home. It also provides useful contacts and support groups.

Syphilis: what your positive screening result means (English and 11 translations)

This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with syphilis. It provides information on the care pathway for these women, including referral to GUM, treatment and long-term protection for the baby.

 

This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with syphilis. It provides information on the care pathway for these women, including referral to sexual health (GUM) clinics, treatment and long-term protection for the baby.

Printing instructions are provided in a PDF below.

Hepatitis C - Clinician results factsheet

This factsheet provides information in the form of FAQs in relation to hepatitis C: the condition, risks, testing, treatment and management.

Hepatitis B - Quick reference guide for primary care

This factsheet provides information in the form of FAQs in relation to hepatitis B: the condition, prevalence, risks, testing, management, vaccination and treatment.

Hepatitis B: what your positive screening result means (English and translations)

This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with hepatitis B. It provides information on the care pathway for these women.

This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with hepatitis B. It provides information on the care pathway for these women, including referral to a liver specialist, the vaccination course for the newborn child, and long-term protection from the infection. It has been updated to include new advice on immunisation of babies from 1 August 2017.


PDFs of the leaflet are also available in 15 languages.

Printing instructions are provided in a PDF below.

Smoking: know the facts

This leaflet outlines the health and financial benefits of stopping smoking. It provides key facts on the health dangers associated with smoking, information on second-hand smoke, information on the dangers of smoking to babies, and contact details for help and support available. It also lists the various forms of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and non-nicotine medications available.

This poster highlights some of the main health and financial benefits of stopping smoking. An associated A5 leaflet goes into detail on these areas.

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