• A meeting with the school Inclusion team and school nurse will be arranged. The school nurse will write an individual care plan and will review this annually. The individual care plan will also clearly define what constitutes an emergency and explain what to do, including ensuring that all relevant staff are aware of emergency symptoms and procedures.
• A medical risk assessment will be written by school staff and agreed and signed by parents. Where this involves administration of medication this is to avoid any possibility of a child receiving medication both at home and at school in error. Any such event needs to be immediately reported so that the child can receive appropriate medical attention, as required
• The Inclusion Manager is responsible for ensuring staff are suitably trained to meet the needs of individual children with a medical condition and that new staff working within a class are informed.
• Medicines will only be administered at school when it would be detrimental to a child’s health or school attendance not to do so.
• Only prescribed medication can be administered.
• No child under 16 will be given prescription medicines without their parent’s written consent.
• Where clinically possible, medicines should be prescribed in dose frequencies which enable them to be taken outside school hours
• We will only accept prescribed medicines that are in-date, labelled, provided in the original container as dispensed by a pharmacist and include instructions for administration, dosage and storage. The exception to this is insulin which must still be in date, but will generally be available to schools inside an insulin pen or a pump, rather than in its original container
• All medicines will be stored safely and in strictly in accordance with product instructions. Children will know where their medicines are at all times and be able to access them immediately. Medicines and devices such as asthma inhalers, blood glucose testing meters and adrenaline pens will always be readily available to children and not locked away. Where a child needs two or more prescribed medicines, each should be in a separate container.
• The school will keep a record of all medicines administered to individual children, stating what, how and how much was administered, when and by whom. Any side effects of the medication to be administered at school should be noted
• We will remind parents when medication is approaching use by date so that new medication can be brought in.
• When no longer required, medicines should be returned to the parent to arrange for safe disposal. This will be confirmed in writing and signed by both parties. Sharps boxes should always be used for the disposal of needles and other sharps
• Any event where medication is misplaced or not accounted for should be reported promptly and investigated as an incident by the leadership team.
• Risk Assessments are completed for all outings. These include children with medical conditions and details of the medication needed to be taken on the outing.

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Additional requirements for controlled drugs (e.g. ADHD stimulant medication)

• Controlled drugs that have been prescribed for a pupil will be locked and stored in a non-portable container and only named staff should have access.
• Staff may administer a controlled drug to the child for whom it has been prescribed, in accordance with the prescriber’s instructions
• A record will be kept of all administration of controlled medication, which should preferably be done by two members of staff, for the purpose of verification, stating what, how and how much was administered, when and by whom
• A record will be kept of the amount of the controlled drug held before and after each administration
• Any concerns about side effects of medication administered at school should be promptly reported by the school to the parent/carer and, ideally, the prescribing clinician
• Pupils will not carry or manage their own medication for ADHD at school if it is a Controlled Drug
• Any event where inconsistencies in Controlled Drug records are discovered or if there are concerns that medication is missing should be immediately reported to the Head of School.