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Helping healthcare professionals identify children with serious illness

Welcome to the new Spotting the Sick Child website, relaunched on 31 July 2026. If you have not visited the website before or since it has been relaunched, you will need to register a new account. It only takes 1 minute to register.

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Practical skills from clinical cases

Spotting the Sick Child is an interactive tool to support healthcare professionals in the assessment of the acutely sick child.

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Key features

  • Focuses on seven common symptoms observed in acutely ill children 
  • Over five hours of video footage of real patients of all ages
  • Courses divided into Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced so you can focus your learning on what you need to know
  • Certification following successful test completion
  • Option to save videos useful for your own professional development or for teaching others
  • Signposting to key resources 
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Who's this for?

  • Doctors & Nurses in Emergency Departments
  • Paediatric Doctors & Nurses in training
  • General Practitioners
  • Doctors in Foundation Programmes
  • Emergency Care Practitioners, Paramedics & Technicians
  • Medical students
  • Nurse Practitioners & GP Practice Nurses
  • Health Visitors & School Nurses