NEW UPDATED FACT SHEETS
Check out our new updated fact sheets

We have a range of fact sheets  for parents and carers of heart children and health professionals. 

Copyright note for Children’s Heart Federation Factsheets
Both individuals and organisations are welcome to print and photocopy any complete factsheet from the 'Resources & Information' section of CHF's website. Organisations are free to distribute them to service users and colleagues, but must ensure they always use the latest version of the factsheet, as available on the website, at the time of distribution.

Other publications
Children's Heart Federation also has the following publications available (to order please contact us )

Bereavement
Guide through shock and distress and some practical steps.

Your Heart Operation
Children’s book with colourful photos, follows Sarah, Emma and Nicholas through their heart surgery.

Colouring book
Something to keep the young ones busy on the ward with lots of relevant pictures to colour in.

Children on Anticoagulants
Advice to parents and teachers of children who need to have their blood thinned to prevent clots forming - published by British Heart Foundation.

What have teeth got to do with the heart?
Easy to read advice to parents - published by The Association for Children with Heart Disorders.

Baby Bill
For brothers and sisters of young children who need their hearts mending at the hospital - published by the HeartLine Association.

Growly Bill
All about the visit to outpatient clinics – published by the HeartLine Association.

Now You’re Out
Summary report of the Survey of the Current Perceptions of Families on Services after leaving the Paediatric Cardiac Units.

VIDEOS FOR HIRE
Closing an ASD with a Device and Ablation of SVT - a video showing this procedure.
Children and catheterisation – produced by British Heart Foundation.
Children in surgery and intensive care – produced by British Heart Foundation.