Medical Policy - Oswestry School
Medical Policy - Oswestry School
Medical Policy - Oswestry School
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MEDICAL POLICY<br />
This policy relates both to the senior school and to Bellan House and includes EYFS medical<br />
provision.<br />
Statement<br />
The care of our pupils is paramount. With adequate information we endeavour to help our<br />
pupils to remain healthy, enabling them to continue to access their education without<br />
stigma or exclusion. In order for this to occur parents, pupils and staff need to work closely<br />
together. The school has a visiting RGN (Registered General Nurse) 1 hour per day and has<br />
direct access to a local G.P. to cover the medical needs of the members of the school. The<br />
local emergency dentist will see boarding pupils in cases of emergency. There is an<br />
arrangement with a counsellor who will visit the school on Thursday pm and can be met with<br />
a prior appointment .<br />
Provisions<br />
There is a medical room at the Main <strong>School</strong> that is open during school hours : 0815 to 1630,<br />
Monday to Friday. This contains a treatment room and a rest room for sick pupils is available<br />
nearby. There is an office which is used as a counselling room. When the <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Coordinator is absent the <strong>School</strong>’s First Aiders are responsible for offering 1st Aid to pupils.<br />
They will not administer medication apart from Paracetamol (at the Main <strong>School</strong>). The<br />
<strong>School</strong> Surgery can be contacted directly by a mobile phone in the case of an emergency,<br />
staff would also call 999.<br />
At the Prep school the secretary is in charge of sick pupils. There is provision for a sick child<br />
awaiting collection. Consent will be sought to administer Calpol from parents of Prep <strong>School</strong><br />
children. Parents are asked to sign to give permission for Calpol to be administered should<br />
they not be contactable.<br />
Qualifications<br />
A number of teaching and secretarial staff hold a current Emergency First Aid Certificate. At<br />
both schools several staff hold the First Aid at Work Certificate. At the Prep <strong>School</strong> two staff<br />
also hold the Paediatric First Aid Certificate. Staff have training in the handling of asthma,<br />
diabetes, epilepsy and anaphylaxis. The school nurse will update staff on the above<br />
conditions as required. First aid boxes are available around the school sites.<br />
The Surgery nurses update regularly in order to maintain their registration.<br />
Boarders<br />
The <strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator has overall responsibility for the medical care of the boarders. All<br />
boarders are registered with the surgery. The nurse is available to visit the school on<br />
Monday and Friday lunch time 13.00 – 14.00 if required. Emergencies will be seen at the<br />
surgery. Pupils are able see a female or male Doctor by attending the surgery, if they prefer.
The boarding house staff are responsible for the boarders out of school hours when the<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator is not available. The school nurses can be contacted at home for advice.<br />
Regular dental checks should be carried out during the holidays with the family dentist. The<br />
school can only deal with emergencies.<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator or Boarding staff will be advised of most medical problems and will<br />
then advise parents as appropriate. See section on confidentiality below.<br />
In the boarding houses all medicines should be kept in a locked cupboard and administered<br />
by the house staff under a homely remedies protocol.<br />
Gap students will be registered with the surgery. They will be asked to bring information on<br />
any illnesses and vaccination details with them when they join the school.<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> information is shared between the Prep school and boarding house for Prep<br />
boarders.<br />
Day Pupils<br />
The <strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator will care for any sick pupils or any emergency. Parents will be<br />
contacted if they deem this necessary. Day pupils can only return home once their parents<br />
have been contacted. At the Prep school the secretary will care for any sick or injured pupils<br />
and parents will be contacted if this is deemed necessary.<br />
The Community First Responder can give emergency care. More serious injuries will be taken<br />
to casualty, parents will be contacted immediately to take them, but if more serious the<br />
pupil will be accompanied by a member of staff to meet the parents at casualty.<br />
Personal medications<br />
It is the schools policy that asthmatics and anaphylactics should carry their own medication.<br />
At the Prep <strong>School</strong> all medication is kept in the school office or staffroom fridge. The inhalers<br />
are taken with the children should they go off site.<br />
Other prescribed medications should be left with the <strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator or school<br />
secretary (Prep school) with an accompanying letter stating its name, use, dosage and times<br />
to be administered. The container should be labelled with the pharmacist’s label. If a nonprescription<br />
medicine, it should be labelled with the name of the medication, the date and<br />
the child's name. All medicines kept at school are kept in a locked cupboard in the treatment<br />
room at the Main <strong>School</strong> and in the school office at the Prep school site.<br />
Records<br />
Records are kept of any medication or treatment administered to a pupil or member of staff,<br />
whilst under the care of the school. The Headmaster is aware of the system.<br />
Records are kept of all major accidents in the accident book at both sites. Major and minor<br />
accidents and illnesses are recorded in the day book with the medication administration.<br />
The school has written protocols for the administration of medication and policies for<br />
asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and anaphylaxis. Consent form for medication is held at Prep<br />
<strong>School</strong>.
Health checks and vaccinations.<br />
On admission boarders' parents are asked to complete a questionnaire about the pupils past<br />
medical history. They are asked to sign to give consent for investigations and treatment to<br />
be carried out at the doctor's discretion. Day pupils' parents also are asked to agree to their<br />
child being treated by a <strong>School</strong> Nurse or her deputy during her absence.<br />
Boarders have a health check on admission to the school.<br />
In October the boarders are offered an annual flu vaccination that is also made available to<br />
the staff. Routine travel vaccinations, diphtheria, tetanus and polio vaccines are also offered<br />
by the school.<br />
Confidentiality<br />
The school <strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator and Senior Boarding Staff have a divided loyalty, firstly to<br />
the pupils as patients and secondly to the school. Occasionally conflicts may occur between<br />
maintaining confidentiality and the need for communication of information to those caring<br />
for the pupils. Pupils should be aware that they can discuss any matter with the <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Coordinator or <strong>School</strong> Nurse in complete confidence. Any breach of that confidence would<br />
be discussed with the pupil first and only if it was thought that the health of other pupils in<br />
the school was at risk, or that it was in the pupils own interest to share the information.<br />
Teachers’ responsibilities<br />
Teachers should know of pupils with disabilities that might lead to their being placed at risk<br />
in certain activities. E.g. defects of vision or hearing, epileptics, diabetics, significant<br />
allergies, e.g. Nut allergy. This information is available either in the pupil files or on the PASS<br />
database which is maintained by the Database Manager. Parents are made aware that<br />
details from the medical questionnaire will be passed on to teaching staff on a need to know<br />
basis.<br />
Emergency procedures<br />
In the case of a severe accident or incident at the Senior <strong>School</strong> and Bellan the Community<br />
First Responder should be called, the situation will be assessed and an ambulance called<br />
from there. The casualty will be accompanied to hospital by the <strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator/staff<br />
member or parent if arrived already. At the Prep <strong>School</strong> a first aider would be called, the<br />
situation assessed and an ambulance called, they would be accompanied by a member of<br />
staff. In all cases parents would be contacted as soon as possible.<br />
Infection Control<br />
All trained staff are familiar with normal precautions for avoiding infection. Disposable<br />
gloves are available and care is taken when dealing with spillage’s of blood and body fluids.<br />
In line with the guidance from HPA pupils suffering from diahorrea will be asked not to<br />
return to school until 48 hours from the last episode of diahorrea.<br />
HIV and AIDS<br />
The number of people in the school who will be made aware of a pupil who is infected with<br />
HIV will be rigorously confined to those who need to know in order to ensure proper care of<br />
the child and other pupils. The <strong>School</strong> follows the policy as explained in DfEE document HIV<br />
and AIDS A guide for the education service – facts for teachers, lecturers and youth workers.
November 1991. Also the publication HIV in <strong>School</strong>s – Good practice guide to supporting<br />
Children infected or affected by HIV NCB 2005.<br />
Key <strong>Medical</strong> Personnel<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> Coordinator<br />
Mrs E Nunnerley<br />
First Aiders<br />
Enid Nunnerley<br />
Lisa Jones<br />
Paula Bottomley<br />
Jackie Urion<br />
Dave Arnott (Community First Responder)<br />
Matthew Morris<br />
Joanne Holloway<br />
Jason Till<br />
Jackie Urion<br />
Mike Rush<br />
Sue Williams<br />
Dave Furber<br />
Robert Clark<br />
Jane Jennings<br />
Alison Bound<br />
Catherine Eve<br />
Maria Martoccia<br />
Enid Nunnerley<br />
Lisa Jones<br />
Mike Markham (tennis coach)<br />
Paediatric Trained First Aiders<br />
Belinda Lambourn<br />
Melanie Richards<br />
Kim Amyes<br />
Dave Arnott<br />
P.T.O for annual check
<strong>Policy</strong>:<br />
Original held<br />
here:<br />
Applies to:<br />
Author(s):<br />
Approved by:<br />
Annual Review:<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />
t:\academic deputy stuff\policies\medical policy.docx<br />
All pupils in both the senior and prep school<br />
Mrs S.A. Nancini, Deputy Head (Pastoral)<br />
Mrs S.A. Nancini, Deputy Head (Pastoral)<br />
I certify that I have reviews this policy, and verify that, to the best of<br />
my knowledge, it reflects current legislation and is in accordance with<br />
the wishes of the Governing Body and Headmaster.<br />
Jan 2012 SAN Jan 2013 Jan 2014<br />
Reviewer to enter initials next to appropriate date