Medicines for Children aims to help parents get dosage correct

A NEW information website aiming to help parents give their children medicine correctly has launched this month.

Medicines for Children currently provides free information on more than 100 key medicines, informing parents of the correct dosage and possible side effects.

The information is written and reviewed by children’s doctors, pharmacists and parents and carers.

The website has been developed by a partnership of experts from national children’s charity WellChild, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG).

Consultant Paediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Dr William van’t Hoff said: “The Medicines for Children website and leaflets aim to support any parent whose child requires medication, from a one-off treatment to others whose child requires long-term and complicated treatment, often with several different medications being given every day.”

Parents and carers can search the website using either the medicine name, brand, disease or infection/condition being treated.

For more information, visit: www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk