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Medicines advice

Information for patients and families to help you understand and give medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Understanding medicines

Using your own medicines in hospital

Giving your child medicines

Self or carer administration of medicines in hospital

What to expect from a non-medical prescriber

Finding reliable information about medicines online

Guides

How to give your child ear drops or spray

How to give your child eye drops

How to give your child eye ointment

How to give your child nose ointment, drops or spray

How to give your child suppositories

How to give your child tablets or capsules

How to give your child liquid medicines

Using emollients safely
Last review date:
22 July 2026