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Managing medicines in schools and early years settings

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Department of Health; Department for Education and Skills
  • Published date:
    31 March 2005
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Product number:
    Reference 1448-2005DCL-EN
  • Gateway reference:
    4575
  • Pages:
    59
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This guidance is designed to help staff in schools and early years settings and their employers to develop effective management systems to support individual children with medical needs who require access to their medicines whilst in school, in accordance with the Medicines Standard of the National Service Framework for Children.

NB This document replaces the DfEE/DH 1996 document Supporting Pupils with medical needs: A good practice guide and Circular 14/96 Supporting pupils with medical needs in school.

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