Medical Policy - Oswestry School
Medical Policy - Oswestry School
Medical Policy - Oswestry School
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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>.