MEDICAL ROOM

The procedure for the Medical Room is as follows:

If a student is feeling unwell during lessons he/she must ask for permission from their teacher to report to Student Reception. They will then be told to go to the Student Reception, where our Medical Officer will see them. If the Medical Officer feels it necessary for the student to go home, they will ring the parent and ask for them to be collected from school.

NO MEDICATION WILL BE GIVEN - unless we have written parental permission, it is in the original packaging and it is within date.

Parents will be required to complete forms held at Davenant Reception, for this purpose. If a child is sent home he or she must be collected by a parent/carer and sign out.

• NO STUDENT SHOULD GO TO THE MEDICAL ROOM WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF A MEMBER OF THE OFFICE STAFF.

• NO CHILD MAY GO HOME OR BE SENT HOME WITHOUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OR SENIOR STAFF.

(Students may not go home if there is nobody there to look after them).

• NO STUDENT SHOULD CONTACT HOME WITHOUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER.

In the case of in an accident, the child will not be moved until the Medical Officer or First-Aider arrives.

If the accident is serious an Ambulance will be called immediately from the School Office and the Headteacher or Deputy Head will be informed. Contact with parents will then be made.

In the cases of injury or suspected injury, an ACCIDENT REPORT FORM must be completed on the same day, if possible.

APPOINTMENTS - During the school day:

The school must be informed in advance, of students’ pre-arranged medical or dental/ orthodontic appointments.

We ask that all non urgent medical appointments be made out of school time.

Students must report to Student Reception to sign out and sign in again on their return.