The school is committed to assisting children and young people with long-term or complex medical conditions and working in partnership with their parents/carers.

Our aims are:

- 1. To ensure that children at Milton with short or long term medical conditions, are properly supported so that they have full access to education, including off-site activities, residential visits and physical education.
- 2. To make arrangements for staff to ensure that they receive adequate and appropriate training for them to support children with medical needs.
- 3. To ensure that parents and children have confidence in the medical support arranged at school.
- 4. To work in partnership with Health Service colleagues.
- 5. To be fully compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and its duties.
- 6. To manage medicines within school in accordance with government and local advice.
- 7. To keep, maintain and monitor records as detailed in this policy.
- 8. To write and to monitor Individual Healthcare Plans, in partnership with health professionals.
- 9. To ensure that the children in our school are safe and are able to attend school regularly with their medical condition.
- 10. To support children with complex medical conditions and or long term medical needs in partnership with Health professionals and parents to enable their access to education.
- 11. To adhere to the statutory guidance contained in “Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions” (DfE – December 2017), and “Multi-Agency Guidance for the Management of Long Term Health 2011)1 Conditions for Children and Young People” (DSCB as set out and agreed with the school’s Governing body.

####### THE GOVERNING BODY WILL:

- • that arrangements are in place to support children and young people with medical conditions • that arrangements are in place to support children and young people with medical conditions and that support is tailored to individual medical needs;
- • arrangements for this policy to be published on the school website; • arrangements for this policy to be published on the school website;
- • this policy regularly; • this policy regularly;
- • that staff are identified to implement the policy from day to day; • that staff are identified to implement the policy from day to day;
- • the arrangements associated with Individual Healthcare Plans so that they are managed • the arrangements associated with Individual Healthcare Plans so that they are managed appropriately, reviewed and maintained in partnership with Health professionals;
- • that staff receive appropriate training enabling them to provide bespoke and purposeful • that staff receive appropriate training enabling them to provide bespoke and purposeful support to children with medical needs and that the training is refreshed regularly;
- • that specific arrangements are made for the self-management of medicine where applicable • that specific arrangements are made for the self-management of medicine where applicable and how this will be both monitored and managed by staff;
- • the school’s management of medicines to ensure that Health & Safety standards are met • the school’s management of medicines to ensure that Health & Safety standards are met and that parents have confidence in the schools ability to support their child’s medical needs;
- • that insurance arrangements cover staff in carrying responsibility for medical procedures; • that insurance arrangements cover staff in carrying responsibility for medical procedures;
- • ‘due regard’ to the rights of children who are disabled as set out in the Equality Act 2010; • ‘due regard’ to the rights of children who are disabled as set out in the Equality Act 2010;
- • that appropriate arrangements are made to include children with medical conditions on off- • that appropriate arrangements are made to include children with medical conditions on off- site activities;
- • that parents/carers are aware of the school’s complaints policy. • that parents/carers are aware of the school’s complaints policy.

####### INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE PLANS