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Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community

Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community

Medical Room Practice

Medical Room

  • Medical support in available during school hours by a First Aid trained staff member. 
  • We must stress that this provision should not be used as a pre-cursor or replacement to visit your GP if your child is unwell. It is vital that if your child is unwell and requires medical attention that you seek an appointment with your GP.

Becoming unwell in school

  • If your child becomes unwell in class, a teacher will call for Medical support to the classroom. They will then be assessed and treated accordingly.
  • Should this require the student to be sent home, the relevant parent/carer will be contacted by a staff member. Pupils are not allowed to go home unaccompanied if feeling unwell.
  • If due to medical reasons the school decides a pupil should go home, a parent/carer must collect them from the school reception and sign them out.
  • It is parental responsibility to collect an unwell pupil promptly if they are deemed unfit to remain in school.
  • All communication with the parent must be through the school and not directly with the child. It is important that the school in informed of ALL changes to telephone numbers as soon as possible, or ANY other changes in circumstances to enable us to contact parents/carers quickly in the event of an emergency.

Managing Medical Conditions

  • Pupils with extra medical needs at school may require a Medical Care Plan. This ensures that we can meet the medical needs of individual pupils and to take appropriate action should an emergency occur.
  • Please contact us by email or telephone if you wish to talk to us regarding your child's medical conditions.
  • Conditions which might require a care plan include Allergies, Diabetes, Asthma, and Epilepsy. This list is not exhaustive, so if you are unsure or have any concerns please contact us to discuss.
  • Care plans are developed in collaboration with parent/carers, health care professionals, school nursing service and appropriate school staff such as the SENCO.

Medication

  • It is school policy to only administer prescription and non-prescription medicines if it is essential that they are given during the school day and we have written parental permission and a signed medication form. 
  • Please note we will not administer any medications that are 4 times a day. 
  • Medication must be provided to the school in its original packaging as dispensed by the chemist and clearly labelled.
  • Pupils are not allowed around the Academy with them, except for emergency medication such as Insulin, Epipens and Inhalers. For these pupils we ask parents/carers to provide the medical room with a spare inhaler or Insulin for use in emergency. 
  • It is a parental responsibility to ensure these are kept in date.

Diarrhoea & Vomiting 

  • Stay at home for 48 hours from last episode. As per NHS guidance, should your child have an episode of diarrhoea or vomiting they should stay at home until at least 48 hours after the last episode to prevent spreading any infection to others. 
  • You are required to call in to inform your child's absence from school. 

Protocols for Medical Room Risk Assessments

  • For pupils who come to school whilst injured we are duty bound to carry out a risk assessment including children who attend school in plaster or on crutches.
  • This risk assessment is to ensure that it is safe for your child to attend school and to make any specific arrangements or adjustments which need to take place to help them access lessons.
  • For this to happen, a parent/carer must accompany your child to school on the first day that they come in following the injury/medical situation.
  • Please contact the school beforehand to ensure that a First Aider is available to meet with you. 
  • It is crucial that you accompany your child into school for the risk assessment because, in the unlikely even that it is deemed unsafe for your child to be at school, you will need to take them home until it is safe for them to return.
  • It is also good practice for you to be there to understand the adjustments that the school can make. Regrettably, if you send your child to school with an injury without pre-arranging a risk assessment meeting, you may be contacted to come collect your child and organise a meeting with the First Aid Officer for the following day.

Sanitary Products

  • Sanitary products are freely available from the main office, PE changing rooms and all staff offices across the academy.
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