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The symptoms and signs your child came to the Emergency Department with suggest they have had an allergic reaction. Your child’s symptoms have improved and it is now safe to let you go home.

A high temperature (fever) is very common in young children. The temperature usually returns to normal within 3 to 4 days.

Most minor burns or scalds heal well and do not leave a scar. Some deeper burns may scar but should fade with time. As the skin heals it may become dry and itchy. Healing burns are often sensitive to temperature.

Paracetamol can be used to ease pain and control fever. Ibuprofen can be used to ease pain and control fever.

At Barnsley Hospital we make sure that you are ready to go home at the earliest opportunity, provided you are well enough, and have everything you need to recover fully. 

All of our current job openings - each job listed links through to the advert hosted on the NHS jobs website. 

Here we've listed useful support and guidance from organisations outside Barnsley Hospital, and the NHS, related to ICU care.

Our team includes over 150 dedicated staff including consultants and nurses who specialise in Intensive Care. We are also supported by physiotherapists, pharmacists, dieticians, rehabilitation assistants, environment coordinators and domestic staff.

The Intensive Care rehabilitation team, is a team which supports patients on Intensive Care during their stay, as well as after their stay on Intensive Care.

We have recently moved to our brand new Intensive Care Unit.

We are now situated on the ground floor of the hospital, next to WHSmith.

Our front doors are kept locked for the safety of our patients.

We do have an intercom system in place for anyone wishing to visit the unit. Simply press the intercom by the doors and one of our team will respond as soon as they can, to let you into the reception area. You will then be greeted by a member of the team who will escort you to the patient you wish to visit.

Community Paediatrics is based at New Street Health Centre, in Barnsley town centre. 

Without a doubt we now live in a digital world where we rely more and more on our mobile devices. With an estimated 5.3 billion users worldwide, the internet is not only a useful resource, it is often a vital one for many individuals and businesses. It brings information almost instantly to your screen, gives access to media content such as music and films whilst for others, it's a simple but effective way of simply keeping in touch.

However, the worldwide web like many things, has a dark side and it is really important as parents that we have an awareness of what content is accessible, what our children are accessing, who they are talking to, what they are being exposed to and more importantly, how to protect them. 

Mastering the use of a toilet is different for every child.  All children develop differently which means that some may be ahead of their peers and siblings, whilst others may take slightly longer – this is normal. Children with additional needs will have a variation of toileting and this is individual to each child.

The facial nerve supplies the muscles of the face. Bell’s palsy is weakness of one side of the face due to problems with the facial nerve. We don’t know what causes Bell’s palsy. Some people think it is because the nerve gets swollen and squashed in the skull on its way to the face. People with Bell’s palsy develop weakness of one side of their face over hours to days. We think you may have Bell’s Palsy.

Anaphylaxis is a severe type of allergic reaction. Your body has reacted to a protein (called an allergen) that it shouldn’t be sensitive to.

We have applied “steristrips” to your wound. These are used instead of stitches for certain wounds.

You have been given sedative medication as part of your treatment in the Emergency Department. These medicines are given to make you comfortable during painful procedure.

Nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy affects around 8 in 10 pregnant women. Although it is unpleasant it isn’t normally dangerous.