Infants and children under 5 years who are seen in person by a healthcare professional have their temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate and capillary refill time measured and recorded if fever is ...

When my 80-year-old aunt became unwell recently we asked her GP to visit. As well as the usual heart and blood pressure tests I noticed that he examined her hands and pressed on the base of her nails.

GPs are failing to carry out basic checks on children with fever that could flag up life-threatening illnesses, research suggests. A new study found most under-fives with a high temperature are not ...