Preparing Children for a Successful Future
If your child has a long-term illness such as epilepsy or asthma and requires medication on
an infrequent and irregular basis you should contact the school. The school is advised that
it should only accept responsibility where specific guidance has been received on the
nature of the emergency and the procedure necessary to cope with it
.
A copy of the Managing Medicines in School Policy, which outlines the Clifton with
Rawcliffe Primary School practices and procedures relating to administering medicines, is
available on request.
This handout aims to inform you of your responsibilities with regard to supporting this
policy in school.
Medication will not be accepted without complete written and signed instructions
from the parent/guardian.
The relevant forms are available from the School
Office.
Forms must also be completed for longer term medication i.e. Inhalers,
epi-pens. Doctors will usually prescribe extra supplies of medication that can be
kept in school.
Medicines should only be brought into school when prescribed by a doctor and
required 4 times a day.
Medicines must be handed in at the School Office in the containers in which they
were supplied. Only a reasonable amount of medicine should be handed in at any one
time.
Medicine containers should be clearly labelled with:
the child‟s name and learning Group
the name of medicine,
dosage and frequency
date of dispensing
storage instructions
and expiry date
School will not accept unlabelled items of medication.
ADMINISTERING MEDICINES IN SCHOOL
