Hilltop House Childcare - Medicines Policy

Medicines Policy

We are happy to discuss administering medication but would prefer not to if at all possible, if we agree we must have a signed parental permission form for us to do so. Each time medication is required a permission form must be signed, also our medication record book will be completed.

If the medication is pain relief we will still contact you by telephone to check that you want us to administer this medication. This is to protect your child, you and ourselves, please make sure we have a valid contact number for you. It is vital that you inform us of any medication you may have given your child before they arrive into our care, we need to know what medicine they have had, the dose and time given, please do not give your child more than the stated does as if we administer more we would be in effect giving your child an overdose.

We will ensure that all medication given to us will be stored correctly and we will check that it is still within its expiry date.

If your child has a self-held medication please obtain an additional one for us to be kept at our home. Older children can easily forget to bring home an inhaler. What could be a simple puff of ventalin then turns into a major incident and a trip to the hospital. If your child has acute allergies and carries/needs an epipen, please discuss the matter with us. We may need additional training to administer these forms of medication.

If your child needs to take medication prescribed by a doctor such as antibiotics, please discuss this with us. We will need you to sign an additional permission form. Please allow a child on antibiotics at least 24 – 48 hours on the medication before returning to our care in case they react to the medication and to prevent the spread of an infection to others.

All medicine given to us to administer must be in its original bottle/container and not decanted. It must have the manufacturers guidelines on it and if a prescription medication the details from the Doctor/pharmacy.

All medication administered will be recorded in our medication book and requires a parental signature at the end of each day.

If you have any concerns regarding medication please do not hesitate to discuss them with us.