For many years Children’s Health Scotland has promoted play as a way to help children cope with trauma and distressing experiences and so we developed a Health-related Play Box resource which can be used to prepare children for a visit to the hospital. It contains items such as stethoscopes, doctor’s and nurse’s uniform, X-rays, etc […]
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Health-related Play Boxes
Help in Tayside for You and Your Baby
Information about useful organisations and websites, health information advice for young parents. Although focused on Tayside, it is relevant for all young parents. An audio version of this Guide is available. Listen to ‘Help in Tayside for You and Your Baby’: Download the PDF: Help in Tayside for You and Your Baby (450 kB)
Helping children cope with needles
Information for parents and carers to help them support their children with anxiety or fear around immunisation injections and injections provided as part of medical treatment. CLICK HERE to download our Coping with Needles Guide
EACH Charter
EACH – European Association for Children in Hospital – is an international umbrella organisation open to European non-governmental, non-profit associations involved in the welfare of children in hospital and other healthcare services. In 1988 EACH members created a Charter stipulating in 10 points the rights of sick children and their families before, during and after […]