£843 warning for parents whose children go off school sick from September

Six in 10 (63%) have been forced to take time off work as a consequence

Ted Hennessey and Rosie Shead, Press Association Parents of seriously ill children are taking work calls from hospital rooms and risking losing their homes to stay by their child’s bedside, a campaigner said. Ceri Menai-Davis, whose six-year-old son Hugh died in 2021 from cancer, said he has seen parents trying to “nav

There are common illnesses that can cause disruption to children's time in school