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It is very important that full details of your child’s medical history are provided when completing admission forms. This ensures that staff are as well prepared as possible.
If your child becomes ill or has an accident while attending the nursery, every attempt will be made to inform you. If a child has a minor accident, they will be dealt with by a member of staff who may seek advice from the qualified first aider. The accident is then recorded in the Accident Book, detailing time and as much information as possible. When the child is collected the parent will be informed of the accident and asked to sign the accident book.
If the illness or accident is of a serious nature, your child will be taken to the nearest hospital and you will be contacted and advised to join the child at hospital.
Children who are obviously unwell should be kept at home where they will be more comfortable. Due to the risk of infection, if your child has sickness and/or diarrhoea then he/she must remain off nursery for 48 hours after symptoms have resolved. If your child has an infection such as measles or chicken pox, please inform the nursery and consult your GP.
Should a child require medication this should, whenever possible, be administered by the parent, but in exceptional circumstances arrangements maybe made for medication to be administered by staff after the first dose has been given by parent/carer. All medications must be prescribed by the child’s doctor and must have the child’s name, date of birth and dose attached to the medication. Parents will be asked to complete a Parental Request Form-Administration of Medicines.
Pre-School Vision Screening
Children in their pre-school year at nursery will have the opportunity to have their vision checked. Consent forms will be available in nursery for parent/carers to complete and the date of vision screening will be communicated within the establishment.
Emergency Contact Information
Parents/cares who have children in the nursery are asked where possible to provide the establishment with the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two contact persons for use in the event of an emergency.
Please ensure this information is kept up to date.