Courses
Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions | In Person
This in-person workshop teaches staff how to manage medicines in schools in line with the new statutory guidance issued in December 2014: “Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions”.
- We do not currently offer this as a public course for individuals
- Instead, we offer this as a private course for teams
- Click on the ‘For teams’ tab for details/to enquire
- Click below to see a list of courses that we do run for individuals
- A face to face in person course
- Run privately just for your team
- Run at a venue of your choice
- £675 + VAT per workshop (max 16)
Course overview
Course last audited November 2024
This in-person workshop 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”.
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.
Aimed at
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).
Pricing
£675 + VAT per workshop (max 16) + trainer expenses (click here for details).