Britain's most senior doctors have today issued fresh guidance on the symptoms of Strep A and the steps worried parents should take after warning that current advice isn't clear enough.

NHS services have been left in 'meltdown' from the bug outbreak, with GP surgeries, Slot Deposit Pulsa A&Es and 111 call centres overwhelmed by a wave of parents panicking that their child may be infected.

Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), said 'we want to see good public health messaging across the UK'.   

The RCGP, working with two other royal colleges, said it was important to make it 'clear to parents when they should seek help' — as well as when 'they don't need to'. 

Fifteen children in the UK have died so far this winter from the usually-mild infection, which can trigger life-threatening complications in extremely rare cases.

Authorities say the toll, although low, is unusually high for this time of year.