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Figuring out fever: What do parents know and do?

Despite how common fevers are in children, one in three parents mistakenly believe fever is always a sign of serious illness.

Visit the RCH National Child Health Poll website to learn more about what Australian parents do and don’t know about fever.

Click here to learn more.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

The RCH offers telehealth video-consultation for families from rural and regional Victoria or interstate. Usually, this is for known patients for follow-up appointments. This can be in your home or with your local doctor.

Click here to find out more.

Learn to recognise the signs of anxiety

Parents report 50% of children are experiencing problems with anxiety, according to the latest RCH National Child Health Poll. Learn how to recognise anxiety in children, and when and where to seek help.

Click here to read more.

COVID-19 resources

Explore a collection of resources on COVID-19, including information about the physical effects on children, mental health care and advice about supporting your child to cope through the pandemic by experts from the RCH, trusted campus partners and other health organisations.

Click here to learn more

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Figuring out fever: What do parents know and do?

Despite how common fevers are in children, one in three parents mistakenly believe fever is always a sign of serious illness.

Visit the RCH National Child Health Poll website to learn more about what Australian parents do and don’t know about fever.

Click here to learn more.

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Click here to learn more or sign up

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Click here to find out more.

Learn to recognise the signs of anxiety

Click here to read more.

COVID-19 resources

Click here to learn more

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Visitor guidelines

Kids health information

Clinical practice guidelines

My RCH
Portal

Translated resources - COVID-19 Telehealth appointments Visitor guidelines Children’s health information Clinical practice guidelines My RCH Portal

Emergency Department status

View the Emergency Department status page for a real time guide to how busy we are.

Telehealth appointments

Access to RCH telehealth for patients, families, interpreters and external callers.

Emergency Department status

View the Emergency Department status page for a real time guide to how busy we are.

Telehealth appointments

Access to RCH telehealth for patients, families, interpreters and external callers.

Media Hub

Explore the latest news relating to the RCH in our new media hub.

RCH National Child Health Poll

Learn more about the big issues in contemporary child and adolescent health by exploring our latest polls.

Media Hub

Explore the latest news relating to the RCH in our new media hub.

RCH National Child Health Poll

Learn more about the big issues in contemporary child and adolescent health by exploring our latest polls.

RCH News

- Champions for Children: Meet Alice and Lisa
  Clinical psychologist, Alice, and Travancore teacher, Lisa, work together to run the In2School program - a wrap around program designed to tackle school avoidance.
- Champions for Children: Meet Karen McLean
  Meet Karen McLean, Paediatrician and Vulnerable Child Health Lead and our latest Champion for Children. It’s National Child Protection Week so we chatted to Karen about her role and what this week means for her.
- Champions for Children: Meet Cate
  Wear it Purple Day is annual LGBTQIA+ awareness day to celebrate diversity, especially for young people. Cate Rayner, Co-Director of the RCH Gender service spoke with us about why Wear it Purple Day is important.
- Would you like to make a difference like Shafica?
  Shafica noticed signs of autism in her baby son Ayoub very early on.
- DonateLife Week: Meet Harry
  At two days old, Harry was cold, floppy, unresponsive, and had abnormal breathing.
- Is a career in paediatric nursing calling for you?
  Have you always wanted to work in paediatric nursing but are currently working in the adult sector?
- Burns Awareness Month: Meet Finn
  Finn’s mother, Surini will never forget receiving the phone call from her husband Jeremy, telling her that he was in an ambulance with their six-year-old son Finn on their way to The Royal Children's Hospital.
- A family’s worst nightmare: RSV
  Last winter, Shaun and Georgie's worst nightmare came true. Eve, three, alongside her brother Jack who was just six months, both were admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the RCH with RSV.
- Celebrating the reopening of the Historical Room and Gallery
  The Historical Room and Gallery has reopened its doors to staff, patients and friends of the RCH.
- Regulation of vaping products: Statement by The Royal Children’s Hospital
  The RCH welcomes reforms and initiatives to restrict access to e-cigarettes for children and young people and educate families about the health impacts associated with vaping.

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RCH News

Champions for Children: Meet Alice and Lisa
Clinical psychologist, Alice, and Travancore teacher, Lisa, work together to run the In2School program - a wrap around program designed to tackle school avoidance.
Champions for Children: Meet Karen McLean
Meet Karen McLean, Paediatrician and Vulnerable Child Health Lead and our latest Champion for Children. It’s National Child Protection Week so we chatted to Karen about her role and what this week means for her.
Champions for Children: Meet Cate
Wear it Purple Day is annual LGBTQIA+ awareness day to celebrate diversity, especially for young people. Cate Rayner, Co-Director of the RCH Gender service spoke with us about why Wear it Purple Day is important.
Would you like to make a difference like Shafica?
Shafica noticed signs of autism in her baby son Ayoub very early on.
DonateLife Week: Meet Harry
At two days old, Harry was cold, floppy, unresponsive, and had abnormal breathing.
Is a career in paediatric nursing calling for you?
Have you always wanted to work in paediatric nursing but are currently working in the adult sector?
Burns Awareness Month: Meet Finn
Finn’s mother, Surini will never forget receiving the phone call from her husband Jeremy, telling her that he was in an ambulance with their six-year-old son Finn on their way to The Royal Children's Hospital.
A family’s worst nightmare: RSV
Last winter, Shaun and Georgie's worst nightmare came true. Eve, three, alongside her brother Jack who was just six months, both were admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the RCH with RSV.
Celebrating the reopening of the Historical Room and Gallery
The Historical Room and Gallery has reopened its doors to staff, patients and friends of the RCH.
Regulation of vaping products: Statement by The Royal Children’s Hospital
The RCH welcomes reforms and initiatives to restrict access to e-cigarettes for children and young people and educate families about the health impacts associated with vaping.

Support Us

- Help patients like Malu
  Malu was diagnosed a rare metabolic disorder and received life-saving treatment at the RCH. Your donation can support specialist care for patients like Malu.
- Support culturally sensitive care
  Donate today and support the Wadja Aboriginal Family Place, which helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients like Malu and their families receive culturally appropriate and equitable access to healthcare at the RCH.

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

COVID-19 information

Figuring out fever: What do parents know and do?

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Learn to recognise the signs of anxiety

COVID-19 resources

Figuring out fever: What do parents know and do?

My RCH Portal: Your record at your fingertips

Travel a long way to get to the RCH?

Learn to recognise the signs of anxiety

COVID-19 resources

Emergency Department status

Telehealth appointments

Emergency Department status

Telehealth appointments

Media Hub

RCH National Child Health Poll

Media Hub

RCH National Child Health Poll

The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital