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Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions | Online
This online (on demand) course teaches staff how to manage medicines in schools in line with the statutory guidance issued in December 2014 (revised 2017): “Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions”.
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£41.50
Course overview
Course last audited November 2024
This online (on demand) course teaches staff how to manage medicines in schools in line with the statutory guidance issued in December 2014 (revised 2015): “Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions”.
We also have a version of this course for Scotland which is inline with “Supporting children and young people with healthcare needs in schools” (published 2017).
It will show you how to set up the paperwork and processes you need to manage medicines safely in schools and how to receive, store and administer medicines safely to pupils. It is assessed by a Virtual Medicines Round that checks the skills required to accurately administer medicines and a knowledge assessment.
Aimed at
Staff who have a role supporting pupils at school with medical conditions, including:
- Admin officers
- School nurses
- Teachers
- Teaching assistants
Course content
- The impact medical conditions can have on pupils
- The rules governing how medicines are managed in schools
- Your school’s medication policy: what it should include
- Who can you share information about pupils with medical conditions with?
- Finding out which pupils have medical conditions and what support they need
- How to coordinate the writing of an individual healthcare plan
- How to record the support you provide
- Parental agreement for staff to administer medicines
- Receiving and disposing of medicines
- Once opened and expiry dates of medicines
- Safe storage of medicines
- Administering medicines safely and accurately
- Medicines administration record charts
- Managing requests to administer non-prescribed medicines
- Managing controlled drugs
- Administering emergency medication
- Administering medicines on school trips
- Administering tablets and capsules
- Administering oral liquids
- Applying topicals to the skin
- Administering eye drops
- Simulated medicines round (competence assessment)
- Knowledge assessment
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.
Certification
Mapping
- English version: Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions at School. Dept for Education, 2014 (revised 2017).
- Scottish version: Supporting children and young people with healthcare needs in schools, Scottish Government, 20 Dec 2017.
Cost
| Per Person | Price (Excluding VAT) |
|---|---|
| 1 | £41.50 |
| 2 - 9 | £40.00 |
| 10 - 24 | £38.00 |
| 25 - 49 | £37.00 |
| 50 - 74 | £36.00 |
| 75 - 99 | £35.00 |
| 100+ | £34.00 |