When can your child return to school or nursery after having these illnesses?

By Iain Lynn
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Updated 15th Mar 2019, 15:58 GMT

All parents dread the call from school or nursery to come and collect their poorly little one.

But depending on what they've caught, they might be able to return sooner than you think. This is the current advice, according to the NHS and the Public Health Agency:

Sick kidplaceholder image
Sick kid
Your child can return when all spots have crusted overplaceholder image
Your child can return when all spots have crusted over
No need to stay off, but school or nursery should be informedplaceholder image
No need to stay off, but school or nursery should be informed
Your child can return 48 hours after the last episodeplaceholder image
Your child can return 48 hours after the last episode
No need to stay off, but school or nursery should be informedplaceholder image
No need to stay off, but school or nursery should be informed
No need to stay off, but school or nursery should be informedplaceholder image
No need to stay off, but school or nursery should be informed
Your child can return when lesions are crusted and healed or 48 hours after commencing antibioticsplaceholder image
Your child can return when lesions are crusted and healed or 48 hours after commencing antibiotics
Your child can return 4 days from onset of rashplaceholder image
Your child can return 4 days from onset of rash
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