Medicine Policy

I am happy to give your child non-prescribed medication, such as cough mixture, calpol or nurofen, teething gel, but only if you have signed a parental permission form for me to do so and provide the medication yourself. This must be clearly labelled with the child’s name.

This permission form will be regularly reviewed to ensure that there are no changes, for example a child may no longer be able to take some medication or may need an additional form.

Even tho  you may have signed a form, I will still contact you by telephone to check that I can still administer this medication. This is to protect your child, you and myself. It is vital that you inform me of any medication you have given your child before they arrive into my care. I need to know what medicine they have had, the dose and time given.

I will ensure that all medication given to me will be stored correctly and I will check that it is still within its expiry date.

If your child has had a self-held medication please obtain an addition one for me to be kept at my home. Older children can easily forget to bring home an inhaler. What could be a simple puff or ventalin then turns into a major incident and a trip to the hospital. If your child has acute allergies and carries/needs an EpiPen, please discuss the matter with me. I will need additional training to administer these forms of medication.

If your child needs to take medication prescribed by a doctor, please discuss this with me. I will need you to sign an addition permission form. In some cases, a child on antibiotic may be asked not to attend for 2-3 days in case they react to the medication and to prevent the spend of an infection to others.

All medication given to me to administer must be in its original bottle/container and not decanted. It must have the manufacturers guidelines on it and if a prescription medication the details from the doctor/pharmacy.

I will record all medication administered in my book and request a parental signature at the end of the day.