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Halloween fun is in full swing at Southampton Children's Hospital 🎃👻 Our young patients have been busy carving pumpkins and creating spooky crafts with the help of our amazing Play Team. 🧵(1/3) 👇

Get the right advice if your child is ill. Download the Healthier Together app. 👉📱 You can check symptoms in the app with: 🟠 Clear images 🟠 Traffic light system 🟠 Advice on what to do Visit the website for more information - 🔗 what0-18.nhs.uk

✨ A special moment for two little ones and their parents ⛺️💡 Captured at the Paediatric High Dependency Unit (PHDU) at Southampton Children's Hospital Play leader, Hannah, creates a magical sensory experience in our light tent for two long-stay babies and their mums. (1/3)

⚠️ 💧 Our hospitals have been affected by the water supply problems across the area. We are working with Southern Water on contingency arrangements to ensure our hospitals continue to maintain water supplies. (1/2) ℹ️👇

🌡️ Worried about your child's high temperature this winter? Keep them comfortable, hydrated, and monitor their symptoms. Know when to seek help for fevers! More info on managing high temperatures in children here: what0-18.nhs.uk/parentscarers/… #FeverCare #WinterHealth #ChildHealth

Dr Dotty and Dr What have been working hard to bring moments of silliness, laughter and magical tricks to children and their families at Southampton Children's Hospital! Did anyone meet a Giggle Doctor in hospital this week? We'd love to hear how it went🤹‍♀️🧡 forms.gle/r8fNNfLGXUCy2u… University Hospital Southampton 💙

Told she might never walk again after a freak horse-riding accident, 13-year-old Aliza Rae defied the odds! ✨ Thanks to her resilience and our expert teams, she’s back on her feet and in the saddle again! 🐴💙 Read her amazing story: 👉🔗 uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pres… #WeAreUHS 💙

Today the Easter bunny 🐰 made an EGG-citing appearance - with a hop and a skip-full of chocolate eggs for our patients! A huge thank you to CR Civil Engineering for this donation, and to our Patient and Family Support Hub for helping to coordinate this special delivery.

Meet Donna Austin Donna Austin at PICU Southampton Research, who cares for children in our intensive care unit. She's working with families whose children have complex health needs. Through the University Hospital Southampton 💙 Research Leaders Programme, she aims to improve their care 👇 soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5/d…

New research will help find the best treatment for children who have severe asthma attacks 🏥 Southampton Medicine and University Hospital Southampton 💙’s Katrina Cathie 💙 and Graham Roberts will lead the £2.3 million National Institute for Health and Care Research trial, together with Leicester's Hospitals's Damian Roland 👏 🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/multi-mil…

🧲 UHS doctors are warning parents to be extra cautious with magnetic toys. Research led by Prof Nigel Hall who works across University Hospital Southampton 💙 and University of Southampton reveals 300+ children are hospitalised each year after swallowing magnets, some needing life-saving surgery. More below 👇

Doctors are issuing a warning about the dangers of magnetic toys after a new study revealed just how risky they can be for children 🧲 Find out more 👇

Lights. Camera. Action 👨‍⚕️🎥 Nigel Hall from University of Southampton and Southampton Children's Hospital has been speaking to ITV News today about the dangers of magnetic toys. Do you know that 300 youngsters were hospitalised last year after ingesting magnets? Learn more 👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/doctors-w…

The newly rebranded Healthier Together website has launched today🎉 ✅ New URL: healthiertogether.nhs.uk ✅ Updated resources ✅ Improved accessibility Get healthcare advice for children from birth to 18 years. #HealthierTogether #NHS #ChildHealth

We’re proud to host Ukrainian clinicians at Southampton Children’s Hospital as part of a specialist NHS programme in paediatric rehab 🇺🇦 They’re gaining vital skills to take back home and support children affected by war 👇 uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/pres…