Pre School not giving correction factor

callumsfather · Jan 10, 2011

Our son(3 ½ Type 1 using a Roche Pump) goes to a main line pre school.
They are happy to carry out a blood test and take a reading but will not administer the correction factor if required.

It is early days of the argument over this but I am looking for information as to wear we stand.
Does anyone know of a point of reference / information on what they are meant to do legally and what they can refuse to do?

sugar2 · Jan 10, 2011

Sorry, I am not aware of any legal situtaions...but to be honest, this is not unreasonable. My childrens pre school will not give the kids calpol, without phoning me and talking it through with me. They also only administer the calpol from a satchet..rather than a bottle, so there is no chance of them getting the dasage wrong.

It is a shame I know...but I wouldn't trust them to do a correction dosage anyway! Sympathise that this makes things very difficult for you!

Having said all that though...if you have a combo system, the handset does all teh "working out" for them..so I would assume that they would be happy to use that, and deliver correction doses that way, or is this your question? I wouldn'y trust them to deliver correction doses any other way to be honest!

cugila · Jan 10, 2011

This is from the Dept of Education website which itself says may not be accurate !

As I understand it there is no legal obligation on schools to administer medications but that can be subject to negotiation with the individual school staff, i.e Head. Before thinking about legal matters you need to sit down and talk to the appropriate individual. See what can be agreed.

Plenty of links to useful documents in this one as well..........

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adm ... in-schools

It is for schools and their employers to develop their policies on the management and administration of pupils' medicines and putting in place systems for supporting individual pupils with medical needs.

The document Managing medicines in schools and early-years settings (DfES/Department of Health, 2005) provides advice for schools and their employers to help in the development of such policies. It explains the roles and responsibilities of employers, parents and carers, governing body, headteachers, teachers and other staff of local health services. It considers staffing-issues including employment of staff, insurance and training. Other issues covered include drawing up a health-care plan for a pupil, confidentiality, record keeping, the storage, access and disposal of medicines, home to school transport, and on-site and off-site activities. It also provides general information on the four most common conditions – asthma, diabetes, epilepsy and anaphylaxis. The document also contains a set of forms which can be photocopied by users.

It would appear that Diabetes UK have more information and downloadable packs which could probably help you. I would suggest you contact DUK and see what information they can provide you with in the first instance.

cugila · Jan 10, 2011

Here is the link to DUK website page regarding Diabetes Care in Schools.......

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Professional ... n-Schools/

There are downloadable information packs in other links there.

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/upload/Forms ... yPack1.pdf

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