Courses
Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions | Virtual Webinar
This half-day webinar teaches how to manage medicines in schools in line with the new statutory guidance issued in December 2014: “Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions”.
- Live webinar with our trainer
- Opportunity to ask questions
- No need to travel to the training
- Dates throughout the year
£75.00
- Private session just for your team
- Live interaction with trainer
- No need to book venues
- No travel costs
- Date agreed with you
Course overview
Course last audited November 2024
This webinar, teaches staff how to manage medicines in schools in line with the statutory guidance issued in December 2014 (updated 2017): “Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions”.
This course is a via Zoom webinar delivered by a nurse or pharmacist.
Course Dates
Webinar Dates:
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Aimed at
This course has been designed specifically for staff who have a role supporting pupils at school with medical conditions, including:
- Admin officers
- School nurses
- Teachers
- Teaching assistants
Course content
- An overview of the systems, policies and paperwork required
- Individual health care plans for pupils
- How to record parental agreement to administer medicines
- Medicines charts and other paperwork required
- Which infections require that children stay at home
- The timing of medicines
- Receiving and disposing of medicines
- Expiry dates of medicines
- Giving paracetamol or other non-prescribed medicines
- Safe storage of medicines
- Controlled drugs
- Emergency medicines
- Managing medicines on school trips
- Administering medicines safely and accurately
- Simulated medicines round (competence assessment)
- The medicines cross check
- Administering oral liquids
- Applying medicines to the skin
- Administering eye drops
Workbook 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
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.
Certification
Mapping
- Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions at School. Dept for Education, 2014 (revised 2017).