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Paediatric Care Essentials: Ensure Your Child's Health and Well-being

Ensuring your child's health and well-being is a primary concern for any parent. Paediatric care plays a crucial role in promoting and maintaining the physical, emotional, and mental health of children from infancy through adolescence. Chase Lodge Hospital helps you here understand the essentials of paediatric care and can help parents make informed decisions about their child’s health, ensuring they receive the best possible care throughout their developmental years.

Routine Check-ups and Vaccinations

Routine check-ups are the cornerstone of paediatric care. These regular visits to a healthcare provider allow for monitoring growth and development, identifying potential health issues early, and providing preventive care. During these visits, paediatricians track milestones, assess nutritional status, and discuss age-appropriate health and safety topics. Routine check-ups are also an opportunity for parents to ask questions and address concerns about their child’s health. Vaccinations are another critical aspect of paediatric care. Immunisations protect children from a variety of serious diseases, such as measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough, and polio. Following the recommended vaccination schedule helps ensure that children develop immunity to these diseases at the appropriate age, significantly reducing the risk of outbreaks and protecting public health.

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Proper nutrition is vital for a child’s growth and development. A balanced diet that includes a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, proteins, and dairy products provides the necessary nutrients for healthy development. Parents should encourage healthy eating habits by providing nutritious meals and snacks, limiting sugary and processed foods, and modelling good eating behaviour. Physical activity is equally important. Regular exercise helps children build strong bones and muscles, maintain a healthy weight, and improve cardiovascular health. It also supports mental well-being by reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Encouraging children to participate in age-appropriate physical activities, such as playing sports, riding bikes, or simply playing outside, can help establish lifelong healthy habits.

Mental and Emotional Health

Mental and emotional health are integral components of overall well-being. Children face various challenges as they grow, including academic pressures, social dynamics, and family changes. It is essential to create a supportive environment where children feel safe to express their feelings and concerns. Open communication between parents and children can help identify and address issues early. Parents should also be aware of common mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD, and seek professional help if necessary. Early intervention can significantly improve outcomes for children experiencing mental health challenges.

Sleep and Rest

Adequate sleep is essential for a child’s health and development. Sleep supports physical growth, cognitive function, and emotional regulation. The amount of sleep required varies by age, with infants needing up to 16 hours per day and teenagers requiring about 8-10 hours. Establishing a regular sleep routine can help children get the rest they need. This includes consistent bedtimes, a relaxing pre-sleep routine, and a sleep-friendly environment free from distractions such as screens and loud noises.

Hygiene and Safety

Teaching children good hygiene practices is crucial in preventing illnesses and promoting overall health. Regular hand washing, proper dental care, and personal hygiene habits can reduce the risk of infections and other health issues. Parents should also ensure that children receive regular dental check-ups to maintain oral health. Safety is another vital aspect of paediatric care. Parents should childproof their homes to prevent accidents, use appropriate car seats and seat belts, and teach children about safety measures, such as looking both ways before crossing the street and wearing helmets while biking.

Regular Health Screenings

Health screenings are important for detecting conditions that may not have obvious symptoms. Vision and hearing tests, developmental screenings, and other evaluations can identify issues early, allowing for timely intervention and treatment. Regular screenings are particularly important for children with a family history of certain health conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease.

Conclusion

A comprehensive strategy is needed to ensure your child's health and well-being, and it requires frequent medical attention, a healthy diet, physical activity, mental health assistance, enough sleep, decent hygiene, and safety precautions. With the assistance of Chase Lodge Hospital, parents can ensure that their children flourish and grow into healthy, well-rounded adults by making these key paediatric care items a priority. Your child's general health and quality of life can be greatly improved by being proactive and knowledgeable about their health.

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Private GP appointment - Regent Street Clinic™

Our team of private GPs and nurses includes both male and female clinicians who understand that when it comes to your health, there are times when you just need to address your health concern or worry as soon as possible and without delay.

Know more: https://www.regentstreetclinic.co.uk/private-gp/

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[jakeperalta]

finally made a doctors appointment for the thing I've been thinking "I should probably talk to a doctor about this" for years. I am the bravest girl in the world I think

[sandumilfshou]

AFTER OVER HALF OF MY LIFE SUFFERING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE SYMPTOM OF ENDOMETRIOSIS BUT NOT GETTING A DIAGNOSIS OF IT BC OF NO VISIBLE CAUSE AND 8 YEARS OF BEGGING FOR A HYSTERECTOMY WHICH KEPT GETTING DENIED BY THE MEDICAL SYSTEM I AM FINALLY HAVING THE SURGERY IN THREE WEEKS TIME!!!!!!!!!!

[theoldbones]

Hahaha I love finding out I have surprise new £225+ per month payment for the next 3 months 🥲

[littlehen]

Called the GP surgery repeatedly every 30–60 seconds from 8.00am. Finally got through to a person at 8.31am. I said, ‘can I have an appointment today?’ Receptionist says smugly, ‘we have no appointments left today. You should have called earlier.’ Thanks, that’s really fucking helpful as always

(The way my surgery works is that they ‘release a small number of appointments on the day’ which you can maybe get if you phone early – I haven’t been able to get one of these mythic appointments since before the pandemic – or they can schedule one in a month’s time. It’s either TODAY or in FOUR WEEKS, there is no in-between, why would there be)

And it’s always ‘you should’ve called earlier’. It’s never ‘sorry, sorry our system doesn’t work, we understand it’s frustrating.’ It’s just ‘you should’ve done [the thing you’ve obviously been doing all morning].’ So not only are they not providing any medical care, but you get patronised and blame-shifted instead. Fuck you very much

[thefabelmans2022]

listen i KNOW i'm the only patient here and i can HEAR my doctor talking to the nurses and what she doesn't understand is i have places i absolutely need to be after this so can we hurry it up a little please

[esoanem]

Gothmog clearly understands that Someone has Done Some Bullshit to me and I require Affection from her, but sadly does not understand that in doing so is preventing me from taking the necessary response

[starkidlabs]

How can my local GP surgery justify telling my 66 year old father with a suspected chest infection that they don’t have any appointments whatsoever. Not just today, or this week - just none at all. They might as well have told to him to go home and fucking die. Then our local walk in clinic isn’t taking any patients at all (partially because it’s flooded with patients form my local GP). Like what are we meant to do? My dad is probably gonna have to go and find a private gp somewhere although I have no idea how much that’ll cost - or alternatively go to A&E and wait 100 hours for service. My Nan who is almost 90 l sprained her knee last month and she was laying In a hospital corridor for two days. I can’t believe the state of this country I want to fucking cry.

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Unlocking the Fountain of Youth: Exploring Non-Surgical Rejuvenation at Chase Lodge Hospital

As the years go by, many individuals seek ways to maintain a youthful appearance and feel their best. While surgical procedures may come to mind, advancements in non-surgical rejuvenation offer effective alternatives with less downtime and risk. Chase Lodge Hospital offers a range of non-surgical rejuvenation treatments designed to help patients look and feel revitalised without going under the knife.

Understanding Non-Surgical Rejuvenation

Non-surgical rejuvenation encompasses a variety of treatments aimed at enhancing the appearance of the skin, reducing signs of ageing, and improving overall wellness without the need for invasive surgery. Here, the patients can explore a diverse array of non-surgical options tailored to their unique needs and goals.

Botox and Fillers: Targeted Solutions for Wrinkles and Volume Loss

Botox and dermal fillers are among the most popular non-surgical treatments for reducing wrinkles and restoring lost volume. Botox works by temporarily relaxing muscles that cause wrinkles, while dermal fillers replenish lost volume and smooth out fine lines and wrinkles. Skilled practitioners utilise these treatments to achieve natural-looking results that leave patients looking refreshed and rejuvenated.

Laser and Light Therapies: Enhancing Skin Tone and Texture

Laser and light therapies offer versatile solutions for improving skin tone, texture, and overall quality. These treatments can target a range of concerns, including sun damage, uneven pigmentation, and acne scars while stimulating collagen production for firmer, more youthful-looking skin. The state-of-the-art technology and experienced clinicians ensure safe and effective treatment outcomes for patients seeking skin rejuvenation.

Chemical Peels: Revitalising Skin from Within

Chemical peels are another non-surgical option for rejuvenating the skin and addressing common concerns such as fine lines, wrinkles, and uneven texture. By removing the outermost layer of damaged skin, chemical peels reveal smoother, brighter, and more youthful-looking skin underneath. They offer customised chemical peel treatments tailored to each patient's skin type and desired results, providing a gentle yet effective solution for achieving a radiant complexion.

Microneedling: Stimulating Collagen for Lasting Results

Microneedling is a minimally invasive treatment that uses tiny needles to create micro-injuries in the skin, stimulating collagen and elastin production for firmer, more resilient skin. This innovative approach to skin rejuvenation can improve the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, and more, with minimal downtime and discomfort. Their skilled practitioners utilise advanced microneedling techniques to help patients achieve smoother, more youthful-looking skin with long-lasting results.

The Chase Lodge Difference: Expertise and Compassionate Care

Here, patients can trust that they are in expert hands when it comes to non-surgical rejuvenation. Their team of experienced clinicians combines technical skills with a compassionate approach to care, ensuring that each patient receives personalized treatment tailored to their unique needs and goals. Whether seeking to address specific concerns or simply refresh their appearance, patients can rely on it to deliver safe, effective, and satisfying results.

Take the Next Step Towards Youthful Radiance

If you're ready to unlock the fountain of youth and rejuvenate your appearance without surgery, they are here to help. Schedule a consultation with one of our experienced practitioners to explore our non-surgical rejuvenation options and discover the transformative power of personalized care. With their help, looking and feeling your best has never been easier or more accessible.

Conclusion

Chase Lodge Hospital offers a comprehensive range of non-surgical rejuvenation treatments designed to help patients unlock their youthful radiance and feel confident in their skin. From Botox and fillers to laser therapies and chemical peels, our skilled practitioners utilise advanced techniques and state-of-the-art technology to deliver safe, effective, and satisfying results.

Here, patients can expect more than just exceptional treatment outcomes—they can expect a compassionate and personalized approach to care that prioritizes their unique needs and goals. Our commitment to excellence extends beyond technical skill to encompass a genuine desire to help patients look and feel their best, inside and out.

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6 ways a corporate GP service could benefit your business

Employee absence due to illness can amount to an enormous long-term expense to employers. At a time when businesses are striving to address rising costs and grow post-COVID, looking for ways to improve employee’s health, morale and motivation is essential. After all, healthy employees mean a happy, productive team! This is where a comprehensive corporate GP service could help. 

Investing in employee wellbeing with a corporate GP service not only provides your team with direct access to a trusted GP, but it also reduces the impact and cost untreated health concerns can bring through absent staff. A corporate GP service takes care of your team with preventions, treatments and support in recovery, providing a full package of care. At 222 Healthcare, our corporate clients access their GP service through on-site visits, via virtual appointments or visiting our clinic.

From training and ease of access, in this month’s blog we wanted to share 6 ways your business can benefit from a corporate GP service:

1. Getting an appointment

It is getting harder and harder to get a GP appointment. Long waits in telephone queues and – increasingly – the surgery is asking patients to fill in an online form then wait for a call back or message. This brings uncertainty and a sense of unease to many.

With a corporate GP service, making an appointment usually only requires a quick call, email, or visit to an online booking portal. Companies can even be provided with a booking portal that is embedded on their intranet for all employees to access, making booking an appointment as easy as pie!

2. Continuity of care

Thanks to pressures on the NHS and the volume of daily requests, seeing a GP for your appointment let alone the same GP consistently, can be a challenge. Increasingly in the NHS, nurses, physicians’ assistants and paramedics are seeing patients instead of GP’s during appointments. With our corporate GP service, your employees gain direct access to the GP of their choice, bringing familiarity and continuity back to the experience of GP care.

To read more , visit our website .

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Hi! I am a UK based trans artist and writer looking to pursue a private hysterectomy. I run an Etsy store (you may even have one of my stickers or badges!) and work part time but am still struggling to save much of anything towards surgery due to debt, living costs, etc so I’m looking for a little bit of help!

The reason I am pursuing a hysterectomy now is due to having cervical ectropion. This condition is where the cervix is essentially inside out and causes bleeding and excruciating pain. Frustratingly enough the treatment for this condition worked for all of two weeks before returning straight back to how it used to be. Cervical ectropion is aggravated by fluctuating hormone levels, particularly estrogen, so if I was to ever experience atrophy and seek treatment for that it would only make my ectropion far worse. The NHS does not offer hysterectomies for this condition due to them deeming it “a harmless condition”. Funnily enough the only procedure they approve of to “treat” this is a tubal ligation which has nothing to do with the cervix (make it make sense). 

I could attempt to get a hysterectomy through my GIC (Nottingham), however their communication is abysmal, I get one appointment a year with them and I cannot sit by and wait for the topic to come up on their terms, they never even spoke to me about top surgery (after telling me they would) leaving me to get that privately too, and I think even if they do approve a referral it’d take far too long and I would have little control in the situation. I simply cannot be in this pain for however long they wish to take to help me. Especially with how things are going for trans healthcare.

So I’m looking to get it privately. I have been recommended Mr Saurabh Phadnis with Nuffield Health in London due to him approving hysterectomies for many reasons and getting rid of everything you wish to remove and not just the bare minimum. I would like to go with him as I wish to remove everything including the cervix. My GP is happy to do a referral for him, so it is literally just a case of getting the funds. I was quoted an estimate of roughly £9000. I’m not going to ask for people to send me that amount as I know it is a huge sum to ask for. I’m hoping to raise as much as I can by about January/February time (through donations, etsy sales, and anything I can spare from my part time job) and look at taking out a loan for whatever is left over and if I can save even a third of the full amount that would help immensely.

A hysterectomy would truly change everything. I don’t want to take depo injections for the rest of my life, I don’t want to be in pain anymore and I don’t want to bleed randomly throughout the day because I dared to go for a walk. This is not just for transition purposes, this is so I can live without fear of further pain, more bleeding, being unable to treat potential atrophy because of an existing condition, HPV, cervical cancer, pregnancy scares etc.

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The most powerful moment of the coronation of King Charles III was not the gold glittering off carriages or epaulettes — not the pomp and show and signifiers of power.

It was precisely their opposite: when Charles shed his gold robes and stood in a thin white shirt, his frail humanity implied.

Then a screen was erected around him and, shielded, he had a private consultation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who dabbed anointing oil with his hands on Charles’s bare breast.

"This was the most solemn and personal of moments,” Buckingham Palace said.

Charles was bare before God, in privacy, God being one of the last beings with no need to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

The Princess of Wales looked on as the screen shielded her father-in-law.

By contrast, she was at that point the most magnificent she had ever been, swathed in layer upon layer of regality, the dress, the robes, the hanging chains, headpiece and ribbons all serving to move the viewing gaze — subjects in every sense — from our awareness of Catherine Middleton with her everyday human DNA and towards the shared fiction of her transcendent queenliness.

Less than a year later, this moment is remembered with new and terrible power.

It is spring again, but it’s a time of hard Lenten moral reflection for us as a nation, in relationship to our royals, as well as an ever more voraciously unprivate modern celebrity culture.

Both the King and the princess have cancer, the latter’s disclosed by Catherine in an unprecedented video address on Friday, March 22.

Catherine’s speech was something of a plea bargain in which she traded not only her customary silence but her most personal of health ordeals in order to put an end to toxic rumours swirling online that had become in tone like an unruly mob rattling at the palace gates.

Or rattling at the figurative locks on her medical notes, with three workers at the London Clinic, where she and the King were treated, suspended and under investigation for allegedly trying to access her records (hers, it is important to note, the King’s were unmolested).

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What was so powerful about the anointing of the King was the sacredness of that space in which he could be fully human away from observation and judgment.

There should be another one-on-one consultation that is sacred, where anyone, from King to princess to pauper, can expect to be shriven in total privacy, and that is the sanctity of the medical room.

It used to be that priests were our only bound confidants, we could trust them to be privy to all our spiritual ills.

Now doctors are our secular priests: bound by law and ethics to enshrine confidentiality at the heart of the patient relationship.

As a result, our medical privacy in an age of oversharing and online surveillance feels both stranger and more necessary.

If we knew our every GP-inspected rash was to be posted on TikTok for the nation, many of us would quite literally die of embarrassment.

The King’s appointment behind the three-sided screen can now be viewed through the lens of royal illness.

The lavishly embroidered panels and expensive white shirt now replaced by the flimsy three-sided ward screen on wheels and thin hospital gown that can humble us all.

But it also enacts a principle at the very heart of becoming the monarch.

The medical-like screen is erected in the coronation to tell us there are some places the public cannot go; to tell us that there are sacredly personal moments in which a person, any person, however swathed in our projections of power, needs to be nakedly human.

Otherwise, they will go mad. We need to make sure the screens are erected around Catherine now.

Much is said, quite a lot of it by Prince Harry himself, of the dangers of the wives of the princes repeating the tragic history of their mother, Princess Diana, hunted by photographers.

He remains phobic to any hint of tabloid persecution or paparazzi chase. But this is a sideshow, even an anachronism in 2024.

He and others have not recognised how the “chase” has changed. Who needs paparazzi when there are a billion citizen hacks ready to take pictures with their phones, in case a convalescing woman nips to a Windsor farm shop with her husband?

Instead, the appetite now is not to see but to know.

The royals used to have a contract with the public: we pay for them, and in return, they give us their presence.

Nearly all of their official job is to do with surface: to show up, to put in appearances at a set number of functions, whether at the opening of parliament or the opening of a leisure centre.

But now parts of the online mob seem to be staging a coup. We want more than the surface, we want to puncture the skin barrier of the royal family and occupy from the inside.

The “fans” have become an invasive virus. The royal analogy is often that they are trapped in a gilded zoo. This new model, instead, casts the royals more as lab rats.

When Catherine disappeared from view in January after announcing a “planned abdominal operation,” the response from internet truthers was one of irate entitlement.

They are now the 1980s tabloids: ravening for intimacies and making stuff up when thwarted.

This wasn’t the boomer generation, who are both more respectful of the royals and more private about their own health.

It was the fortysomething mothers frustrated when they can’t track the phone location of everyone in their life; or the twentysomethings on Snap Map.

Both desperate for their personalised new Netflix season of “The Royals” to drop.

Catherine presents with such stoicism and dignity, it is easy to forget where this new invasiveness started: when she was pregnant with Prince George in December 2012 and hospitalised for extreme morning sickness.

While she was sleeping on the ward, a radio station in Australia rang the hospital switchboard pretending to be the Queen.

They broadcast the nurse’s comments about Catherine’s “retching.”

One could only find this prank funny if Catherine had already — a young, wretchedly ill, pregnant woman — been dehumanised.

George is now ten and his mother hospitalised again, and in that decade, the physical security of ill royals may have tightened but their claim to bodily autonomy seems to have weakened.

Some say Kensington Palace “brought it on themselves” by their wish for discretion; this claim is duplicitous.

The late Queen Elizabeth II became increasingly debilitated in her final years with not much detail ever given; just as her father, King George VI, died without disclosing his lung cancer.

I’m glad that the British do not subject their heads of state to the same publicised medical reports as the president of the United States; one shouldn’t have to present a stool swab to sit on the throne.

No, instead the apparent justification of all those clicking and posting conspiracy theories “worried for Catherine’s welfare” was this sinful truth.

As a beautiful, 42-year-old mother of three, her drama was more box office than the ailments of those older, a pound of her flesh was worth more.

Pity, Susan Sontag said in her 1978 book Illness as Metaphor, is close to contempt.

Back then cancer was still taboo. Those around the patient, Sontag says, “express pity but also convey contempt.”

Ask any cancer patient and they will say they don’t want pity: it is too isolating, it sets them apart, an unwanted privilege.

This is why the video plea of Catherine was one of affinity, rather than pity or privilege.

Last year, she sat in robes in Westminster Abbey at the coronation of her father-in-law, next to her future king son and future king husband.

In her video address last week, she sat on a classically English garden bench, pale, alone and in jeans, as bare of pomp as any royal can be.

No mention of kings or titles, just Diana’s ring on her hand.

Rather she gave an appeal, parent to parent, human to human, about her “huge shock” and her care for her “young family.”

And, finally, her kinship with anyone who lives in a vulnerable human body susceptible to a democratic illness like cancer, “you are not alone.”

Or, to paraphrase Richard Curtis:

“I’m just a girl, standing in front of a public, asking for some time to endure gruelling chemotherapy."

NOTE: Additional photos have been included in this article.

[theoldbones]

Hahaha I love finding out I have surprise new £225+ per month payment for the next 3 months 🥲