Our Services
6 key areas
The services we provide
Virtual Child Health is a premium virtual paediatric practice providing holistic healthcare for children from birth to 16 years. We combine online consultations, secure digital tools and education to support your child’s health and wellbeing at every stage.
Our services are organised around six key areas:
Online care at home
Virtual consultations
We provide:
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Primary paediatric care for babies, children and adolescents.
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Assessment and management of many common acute illnesses.
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Support and follow up for long term conditions.
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Guidance and reassurance when you are worried about your child’s health.
Where appropriate, we also connect you with:
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Paediatric specialists in secondary and tertiary care.
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Allied health professionals, including dietitians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and holistic specialists.
Our consultations are delivered via secure video, so you can speak to a consultant paediatrician from the comfort of your home.
Getting the right care to you
Online prescriptions and home delivery
If your child needs medication and it is safe and appropriate to prescribe:
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We can arrange electronic prescriptions after a consultation.
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Medicines can be delivered to your home via partner pharmacies.
This helps your child start treatment quickly and saves you an extra trip out with an unwell child.
Organised, safer support
Secure electronic medical records
All children seen by Virtual Child Health have secure, electronic medical records.
These records:
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Allow you to access key information about your child’s visits and plans.
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Help keep everything organised in one place.
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Support safer, more consistent care over time.
Our long term vision is to enable safe sharing of relevant information with secondary and tertiary care providers, both nationally and globally, so that your child’s care is joined up wherever they are treated.
Learn, support and grow
Educational platform for parents, carers and children
We are developing a comprehensive educational platform to support families between consultations. This will include:
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Clear information on common childhood illnesses and concerns.
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Practical guides on topics such as sleep, feeding, development and mental wellbeing.
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Resources organised by age group, from newborns to adolescents.
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Quizzes and activities for children that promote health and positive habits.
The aim is to help you feel confident and informed when making decisions about your child’s health.
Helping and supporting colleagues
Educational platform for health professionals and providers
Virtual Child Health will also host a knowledge hub for health professionals.
This will support clinicians to:
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Enhance their paediatric skills.
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Stay up to date with best practice and evolving evidence.
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Learn more about virtual paediatric care and preventive medicine.
By supporting other professionals, we hope to improve child health far beyond individual consultations.
Prevention & Promotion
Promotion of wellbeing and preventive medicine
We believe that preventive care is just as important as treatment.
To promote health and wellbeing we offer:
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Health coaching for parents and carers.
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Webinars focused on children’s health topics.
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Mastermind sessions and group discussions.
These services will be organised by age group so that the content is always appropriate and relevant for your child’s stage of development.
