Children's A&E and Assessment Unit

Children's A&E and Assessment Unit

We see children and young people with a wide range of medical illnesses and injuries.

An image of the outside of the Children's Emergency Department and Assessment Unit

Right next door to our Accident and Emergency Department, the Children's Emergency Department and Assessment Unit is a very busy unit seeing thousands of attendances each year. We treat children up to age 16 with conditions ranging from minor injuries to those who have life threatening illnesses and injuries. 

All patients are assessed when they arrive, and those who need urgent or immediate treatment are prioritised.  

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What can you expect when you visit?

Our video was made by, and for, the young people who use the unit.

Remote video URL

Information for parents, children and young people following discharge from A&E

Our team in the Emergency Department might refer you to any of the information listed below when you or your child are discharged from A&E. There is a different set of information for adults.

See information for adults


Source URL: https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/children/a-and-e

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  1. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/children/a-and-e
  2. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e
  3. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e#paragraphs-single_column_text_panel-2481
  4. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/allergic-reactions-children
  5. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/asthma-attacks
  6. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/bronchiolitis
  7. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/child-high-temperature-fever
  8. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/croup
  9. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/diarrhoea-and-vomiting
  10. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/facial-nerve-palsy-children
  11. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/febrile-convulsion
  12. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/limping-child
  13. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/paracetamol-and-ibuprofen
  14. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/viral-induced-wheeze
  15. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/buckle-fractures
  16. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/head-injury-children
  17. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/head-injury
  18. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/nose-injury-children
  19. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/pulled-elbow
  20. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/absorbable-sutures
  21. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/applying-ice-packs
  22. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/children-burns-and-scalds
  23. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/crutch-walking-non-weight-bearing
  24. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/crutch-walking-partial-weight-bearing
  25. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/non-absorbable-sutures
  26. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/steristrips
  27. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/wound-closed-with-glue
  28. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/discharge-after-sedation-children
  29. https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/services/a-and-e/ketamine-sedation-children