Health and Illness

What happens if my child is ill at nursery?
We will call you to ask you to come and collect your child as soon as possible and we will monitor them closely until you arrive.

Do you administer medicine if required?
Yes, we will administer medicine that has been prescribed by a doctor, providing the parent has filled out a medicine form authorising us to do so. Furthermore, we will only administer medicines which have already been administered to the child for at least 48 hours already. This is to eliminate the risk of any side-effects.

Will you administer non-prescribed medicine?
It is our policy that should your child's temperature reach 38.5ºc or above we will call you for permission to give them one 5ml spoonful of Calpol or Nurofen. You will still need to collect them as soon as possible. To cover times of emergency when we are unable to contact you we would like to be sure that it safe to give the above dose of medicine, and we will therefore ask you to sign a permission slip when your child joins us.

How long will my child be required to stay away when they have been ill?

• A child who has been sent home with a temperature over 38.5 ºc is not permitted to attend the nursery the following day, unless a doctor's note accompanies the child to confirm that their condition is not contagious.
  
  
• A child who has been given Calpol is also not permitted to attend nursery on that day as Calpol suppresses the symptoms of an illness, to the child requires one to one care.
  
  
• A child with diarrhoea will need to be away from the nursery until the child has a solid stool.
  
  
• If a child develops a rash and has been sent home from nursery, the child will require a doctor's note stating that the rash is not contagious in order to return the following day.

A child who is given antibiotics must not attend for 48 hours, if the doctor feels this in unnecessary we will accept a doctor's note.

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