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Hospital and other medical appointments for your child can feel stressful and overwhelming, whether it\u2019s for a new issue, a routine check-up or getting test results \u2013 and you often find that by the time you speak to the consultant everything you wanted to discuss has flown straight out of your mind, especially if you have been trying to entertain your child in the waiting room for a long period!<\/p>\n
If you have multiple hospital appointments for your child across different departments, or even more than one child that needs appointments, then being super organised is the best way to keep everything straight and help you achieve what you want from each appointment, especially in the Covid era of longer wait times between appointments.<\/p>\n
Planning everything out before-hand can often make you feel a bit more in control and ensure you and your child actually get what you need from the appointment, whether this a next step plan or reassurance.\u00a0 To help you make the most of your child\u2019s hospital appointment we\u2019ve put together some helpful tips.<\/p>\n
Before the appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n During the appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n After the appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Remember: <\/strong><\/p>\n The NHS is beyond stretched, so you may have to keep on top of chasing up appointments, test results, surgery dates and any expected deliveries \u2013 which is why it\u2019s so important to have a clear record of what was discussed and decided upon. Sometimes being your child\u2019s advocate means having to shout up \u2013 loudly.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hospital and other medical appointments for your child can feel stressful and overwhelming, whether it\u2019s for a new issue, a routine check-up or getting test results \u2013 and you often find that by the time you speak to the consultant everything you wanted to discuss has flown straight out of your mind, especially if you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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