If you and your child need to go to hospital, reassure your child and explain that you're going together to see the doctor at the hospital to make things better:
- take a favourite toy with you,
- dress your child in a coat or a dressing gown over their nightclothes, or dress your child fully (it doesn't matter which - do what seems most sensible),
- arrange care for other children or, if this is not possible, take them as well (it is not wise to leave a child at home without an adult there to look after them),
- if your child takes regular medication, take it with you, and
- don't forget to leave a note, and take your keys, handbag or wallet with you.