Guidance on managing medicines in schools and early years settings

Guidance to develop policies to ensure that children requiring medicines receive the support they need. Designed to help all schools and all early years settings and their employers develop policies on managing medicines, and to put in place effective management systems to support individual children with medical needs. Discusses the medicine policy, role and responsibilities of parents, employer, teachers and other staff, safety management, health care plan, common conditions and legal framework. Document is a part of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) resources.