As my Illness policy states, I am willing to provide care for children with minor coughs and colds. As a parent I understand that you may wish to provide them with medication in order to relieve their discomfort.
I am happy to give your child non-prescribed medication, such as cough mixture, Calpol or Nurofen, teething gel etc, but only if you have signed a parental permission form for me to do so, This permission form will be regularly reviewed to ensure that there are no changes, for example a child may no longer be able to take some medication or may need an additional form.
Even though you may have signed a form, I will still require to contact you by telephone to check that I can administer this medication. This is to protect your child, you and myself. It is vital that you inform me of any medication you may have given your child before they arrive into my care. I will need to make a note of what medicine they have had, the dose and time given, I will ensure that all medication given to me will be stored correctly and I will check that it is still within its expiry date.
If your child has a self-held medication please obtain an additional one for me to be kept at my home. Older children can easily forget to bring home an inhaler. If your child has acute allergies and carries/needs an epipen, please discuss this with me. I may need to seek additional training to administer these forms of medication.
If your child needs to take medication prescribed by a doctor, please discuss this with me. I will need you to sign an additional permission form. In some cases a child on antibiotics may be asked not to attend for 2-3 days in case they react to the medication and / or to prevent the spread of an infection to others. Please see illness policy
All medicine given to me to administer must be in its original bottle/container and not decanted. It must have the manufacturers guidelines on it and if a prescription medication the details from the Doctor/pharmacy.
I will record all medication administered in my logbook and in the child’s contact diary. I will also request a parental signature at the end of each day, If you have any concerns regarding medication please do not hesitate to discuss them with me.