Medical awareness training update

In order to support pupils at school with medical conditions, governing bodies must ensure that there is a school policy and a named person with responsibility for policy implementation.  Part of this responsibility is to ensure there are sufficient staff who have received suitable training and are competent before they take on responsibility to support children with medical conditions.

The School Health & Wellbeing Service is likely to be involved in the development of healthcare plans for pupils with medical conditions. Where training for staff has not been delivered by the School Health & Wellbeing Service and competence has not been assessed by the service, this will be recorded in the healthcare plan. Any concerns regarding the competence of staff will be raised with the headteacher and, where appropriate, the governing body.

The school must consider the following when commissioning medical awareness training:

• Quality assurance of the training being delivered
• The trainer having the appropriate professional qualification to confirm the competence of staff being trained
• Safeguarding  and DBS checks
• Appropriate insurances

Please see the statutory guidance for governing bodies of maintained schools and proprietors of academies in England for supporting pupils at school with medical conditions for further information.

If you would like to discuss this in more detail you can call the School Health & Wellbeing Service on 03300 245 204 or email them at warwickshireSH&WBService@compass-uk.org