Dear Parents and Carers
 

The Children's Hospital and University of Bristol are trying and understand the potential benefits of the chickenpox vaccine in the UK.  Part of this involves gathering information on how otherwise healthy children and their families are affected by community cases of chickenpox.  We hope that the information that this study generates will be able to influence whether the UK introduces universal chickenpox vaccination in the coming years.
 

We need parents of children with chickenpox to help us by filling out an online diary each day while ill.   It simply involves a few short daily questions, no blood tests, no home or hospital visits. 

 

If your child does catch chickenpox, please visit www.chickenpox-study.co.uk for more information.
 

Many Thanks
 

Dr Robin Marlow
 

Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. 

robin.marlow@bristol.ac.uk 

chickenpox-study@bristol.ac.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)117 342 0160   

Congratulations to the newly elected team!

Following the announcement from Buckingham Palace of the death of our sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a period of National Mourning has started and will continue until the end of the State Funeral. This is a period of time for reflection in response to the death of the Sovereign.

 

Guidance providing the public, businesses and institutions with advice on the period of National Mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been issued by the Cabinet Office. 

 

The official date of the State Funeral is 19 September 2022. This day will be a bank holiday and settings that are normally closed on a bank holiday should close on this day as a mark of respect. This will include schools and colleges.