Hi, I’m Chris
Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
13 years in children's A&E and primary care.
Founder of Little Health.
Thirteen years. Thousands of families. One mission.
I have spent 13 years working in children's emergency departments and primary care, sitting across from parents at some of the most frightening moments of their lives.
In that time I have noticed something. Nine times out of ten, the fever is viral, the stomach pain is constipation, the rash is nothing serious. But parents don’t know that, and when they do go looking for answers, they find conflicting information online that leaves them more frightened than before.
I started Little Health to change that. Because parents deserve access to clear, honest, in-depth health education that gives them the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions about their child's care, including knowing when something is serious, when to seek help and when to watch and wait.
That confidence matters both in moments of acute illness and in the day-to-day reality of managing a chronic condition.
What I Believe
The NHS is one of the greatest institutions in the world. The clinicians working within it are dedicated, skilled and genuinely motivated by patient care.
But the reality of modern healthcare is that consultation time is finite. No appointment, however skilled the clinician, can cover everything a parent needs to know about managing their child's health with confidence over a lifetime.
Little Health exists in that space. Not as a replacement for your GP, your health visitor or your local emergency department, but as the in-depth, unhurried health education that gives you the knowledge and confidence to engage with those relationships more effectively, to ask better questions, and to know when and how to seek help.
The two frameworks
Two frameworks. The full picture of your child's health
Everything at Little Health is built around two frameworks developed from 13 years of paediatric clinical practice. Together they cover the full spectrum of children's health, from acute illness to long-term conditions.
The Traffic Light Framework — for acute illness
When your child is acutely unwell, parents need to know three things.
🟢 Watch and wait — your child is unwell but safe to monitor at home
🟡 Seek advice — symptoms warrant a call to NHS 111 or GP contact
🔴 Act immediately — red flag signs that need 999 or A&E right now
This is the basis of our free Traffic Light Guide and underpins all Little Health acute illness content.
The Understand. Manage. Navigate. Framework — for chronic conditions
For children living with ongoing conditions, eczema, asthma, constipation and more, parents need a different kind of support.
🌿 Understand it : what the condition really is, what causes it, what it looks like day to day
🌿 Manage it : practical day-to-day management, treatments, routines and what to do when it flares
🌿 Navigate it : how to get the right support, when to push for a referral, how to advocate for your child
What makes Little Health different
📋 Clinically grounded
Every piece of content is created by registered clinicians and based on current NICE clinical guidelines. Not opinion. Not anecdote. Evidence.
👨👩👧 Parent focused
Clinical knowledge is only useful if parents can access it, understand it and apply it in real life. Everything we produce is in plain English, designed for tired parents, not clinicians.
🎤 Specialist led
Little Health brings together a panel of specialist clinicians — consultant paediatricians, respiratory specialists, dermatologists and health visitors — to deliver expert sessions built on years of frontline clinical experience.
Important note..
A note on what Little Health is, and is not.
Little Health is not a substitute for your GP, your health visitor, NHS 111 or your local emergency department. It never will be.
Our purpose is not to replace the clinical relationships your family already has, it is to give you the knowledge and confidence to engage with those relationships more effectively, to ask better questions, and to make more informed decisions about when and how to seek help for your child.
We do not provide individual medical advice. We do not assess, diagnose or treat individual children. If you are concerned about your child's health always contact your GP, call NHS 111, or in an emergency dial 999 or attend your nearest Emergency Department.
Chris Newland, Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner · NMC Registered.
Founder, Little Health
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