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For most children, scarlet fever is thankfully a mild illness, easily treated with antibiotics.

In this video Dr. Gandalf covers what is Strep A, how it might affect your child, and what the treatments might be in under 3 minutes with links to more information below. 

Here’s what you need to know, so you are aware when to worry and when you may need to seek help: -

Video Link: https://youtu.be/_x8AzCinXtM

00:00 What is a strep A infection 

00:08 What are the symptoms of strep A infection 

01:08 How do I manage a strep A infection? 

01:58 Treatment for a strep A infection 

02:40 More info on Strep A 

More details:

NHS.uk advice: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/scarlet...

Gov.uk update: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk...

From the 1st October 2022, as part of our contract, our PCN will be providing extended access clinics for planned care for our patient population. The opening hours of our hubs are Monday to Friday 6.30pm to 8pm and Saturday to Sunday from 9am to 1pm. 

Hubs are situated across 7 different GP practices, depending on your appointment and time, you could be attending any of them. 

Services offered within extended access services (EAS) are focused on planned care. EAS does NOT replace any urgent services currently offered by NHS such as 999 and 111.  
Services offered in EAS can range in variety, from health and wellbeing, First Contact Practitioner: MSK, Medication reviews and more. 

Accessing the appointments can be done through your GP Practice. If you need to cancel an appointment or rearrange an appointment there is a dedicated email address nclicb.southwestbarnet-pcn5@nhs.net and telephone line 020 8457 3911.

(Please be aware that email mailbox is not monitored frequently and is not to be used for any urgent requests).