GPs and other doctors should not examine children’s throats unless it is ‘essential’, due to the risk of transmission of coronavirus (Covid-19), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said.
Practices should offer to remove earwax in adult patients if it contributes to hearing loss or other symptoms, according to a draft guidance released by NICE.
Antibiotics should not be routinely prescribed for acute otitis media in children, as most will improve without them, NICE have advised in a new draft guideline.