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Working together
We understand that your child9s health is of utmost importance to you. We want to
assure you that we have this in common! Your child living well is a goal shared by
us all.
Although we work within regulation, we still regard you as the experts in your child9s
health, needs and aspirations. We will always work together with you to ensure that
the best decisions are made for your child9s health and wellbeing.
When your child is placed with us, they will come under the care of our nursing
team and will be registered with the GP at Much Hadham Health Centre. With this,
clinical decisions involving your child will be made by these medical professionals,
but you will always be consulted with and your views will be factored into decision
making.
Examples of frequent ways in which we work with families:
Your Views
I want to change/stop/add
a medication to my
child9s prescription
My child is unwell and I
am anxious about them
attending the hospital
I want to be kept updated
on my child9s health
Our Response
Achieving Shared Outcome
We will share this with the
GP for urgent review. Our
nurses cannot action
without GP approval
To ensure that your child
takes the right
medication at the right
time in his/her best
interest
All interventions and
strategies set out in your
child9s care plan will be
actioned before involving
emergency services. If this
still does not improve your
child9s health, we will make
a clinical decision to admit
into hospital
To ensure your child is
medically well and
receives the right
medical intervention.
Your child9s health is so
important!
Parents/Guardians will
be kept updated on
their child9s health for
the duration of their
stay at St Elizabeth9s
To ensure that all key
people around the child
have access to up-to-date
information and are a part of
decision making and health
milestones. To recognise
parents as the experts in
their children
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