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When to take your child to A&E, ear wax and happiness

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Why Are So Many Children Ending Up in Hospital?

Doctors have been warning that many of the children turning up in hospital shouldn't be there at all. Parents sometimes focus too much on symptoms rather than a actual child, doctors say. So why is so many children ending up in a and e? What's bringing them to the emergency department? Isfid its fu o,. one of the reasons is when parents are reaching out for advice, they want a face to face contact. And sometimes it's felt that the emergency department is the only place that you can get that type of review.

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