Children's trauma counsellors put on alert in foot and mouth areas

Annette Rawstrone
Wednesday, April 11, 2001

Counsellors have been made available on standby in Dumfries and Galloway, the part of Scotland which has been most severely affected by foot and mouth disease, to help children traumatised by the outbreak. As Nursery World went to press, there were 1,134 confirmed cases of foot and mouth in Britain, of which 135 were in Dumfries and Galloway. Education department administrative officer Nancy Ellis said, 'The education department has sent letters out to all schools saying we can arrange counselling sessions for children if necessary.