Mother-of-two Anastasia qualified as a doctor from Imperial College School of Medicine in London. She has worked as a paediatric doctor in hospitals including Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital London, St Mary's Paddington and The Royal Brompton Hospital London. She is currently working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Her main love is working in paediatric A&E where she can help families with both minor and major medical problems.
Heading into the winter months brings with it lots of childhood infections. One of the most common infections we see in A&E in children is bronchiolitis.
To support World Plagiocephaly Day on April 4th, we asked resident expert Dr Anastasia Alcock to give us the low-down on the condition, what to do to help prevent it, and new research published. Also known as f...
In the UK we start vaccinating our babies at 2 months. They then follow a schedule that continues all the way through childhood and believe it or not goes on until they are 70 years old. The best place to fin...
Wow, 9 months of pregnancy have just flown by, a number of hours of labour and delivery have just happened and now you are a very happy and excited new parent. What next?
I was totally overwhelmed by the fir...
Babies can develop a flat head in the first few months of life. This is because their skull is made up of different plates of bone that are mobile and relatively soft.
Here is an article by Dr Anastasia Alcock founder of the Prenatal Classroom on swaddling
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