Introduction to health services
Find out how healthcare is structured in the four UK nations, how to access services, and where to find out more about health and wellbeing services.
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Home education
Parents sometimes ask if they can deregister their child from school. If you are thinking about home education, it is important to understand the responsibility you are taking on and...
Counting the Costs
Our flagship research finds families with disabled children forced out of paid work and going without the basics.
Putting things right
If you're unhappy with the service you've received from a healthcare service, you can provide feedback, make a complaint, or find some other way to put things right. The processes...
Benefiting You
What is Benefiting You? We understand the financial pressures families with a disabled child face. And we know how life-changing the benefit Disability Living allowance (DLA) can be. But many...
Backdating child disability addition & carer element templates letters
This advice applies across the UK. We have developed a series of template letters for you to ask the Universal Credit service to revise their decision not to backdate the...
The Disabled Children’s Partnership
The Disabled Children’s Partnership Together with 120 charities and thousands of parents, we are campaigning to make disabled children a priority in government. We want to end the battle for...
The flu vaccine
Questions and answers about getting a flu vaccination to address concerns parents have raised with us.
Children’s continuing care campaign
Over half of the most sick and disabled children in England referred for NHS-funded continuing care support have been rejected. Many families who get children’s continuing care packages live in...
If your child is missing out on free school meals
If your child is missing out on free school meals Resources to help eligible families claim the free school meals they’re entitled to, but missing out on. Download our free...
Emotions & behaviour
Brain injuries and behaviour that challenges Research shows us that having a brain injury, like those that cause hemiplegia, makes children more vulnerable to displaying challenging behaviour. It is thought...
All about genetics
This section is written for the non-specialist individual, concentrating on two forms of inheritance, the single abnormal gene which is changed, or ‘mutated’, and chromosomal abnormalities. Many traits in plants...
Viral infections post-Covid: a GOSH doctor’s advice to parents of disabled children
Last week we hosted yet another popular Facebook Live with respiratory paediatrician Dr Martin Samuels, who spent an hour answering more than 120 questions and comments from parent carers about...
Blue Badge disabled parking permits
Some disabled children qualify for a Blue Badge. A Blue Badge allows you to park close to where you need to go, such as in disabled parking spaces.
Moving into adult services
A disabled child receiving support from children's services will be transitioned to adult care and support when they turn 18.
Building positive relationships with parent carers (CPD workshop & Q&A)
Introduction Professionals have a hugely important role to play in supporting disabled children and their parent carers, but many are unfamiliar with the unique challenges that families face. As a...
Contact’s social care asks
The current social care system Good quality social care allows disabled children to thrive and families to sustain their parenting and caring roles. Timely, high-quality support can prevent a child’s...
Moving to adult health services
If your son or daughter has health needs, they may be under the care of a paediatrician. This can continue for a short time after your child turns 18, but...
