Any illness requiring calpol keep them off?

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Obviously I’m going to ask for clarification of whether this applies to DD.

But we’ve had a letter sent out from school saying they need to be kept off school if they require calpol/infant paracetamol as part of the “living with covid” policy at school. This is for any illness, it didn't specify covid symptoms, just said "Anything requiring the use of calpol/infant or junior paracetamol or other childrens painkillers such as ibuprofen"

My DD has a condition in her muscles and she’s on regular doses of calpol, sometimes daily, just to get through the day. In the winter she needs it 3 or 4 times per day, she has other treatment for it including physio but physio also increases the chances of her needing calpol.

So am I expected to keep her off everytime she needs calpol? She could spend months out of school if so.

Obviously I am happy to keep her off if she has a temperature or she’s too ill to be in school, but surely they can’t exclude her for just needing calpol?

I would imagine for new illness rather than chronic ongoing conditions. But who knows I guess it’s Their way of stopping some of the bugs getting into schools

I used this as a benchmark pre covid for my kids. For illness not injury though and I think your dd’scondition would be the same. I think they’re trying avoid sick kids being dosed up to be “well” enough for school.

I think its obvious that they are meaning viral infections that are bad enough to need calpol, ie with a bad fever.

The school's policy is very obviously aimed at infectious diseases rather than routine pain relief. If the school is involved in administering calpol to your DD, you need to discuss with them.

Your daughter’s situation is obviously different.
I’d put something in writing to let them know why she had calpol in case she tells them at school and they get the wrong end of the stick

@Boosterquery

The school's policy is very obviously aimed at infectious diseases rather than routine pain relief. If the school is involved in administering calpol to your DD, you need to discuss with them.

@Boosterquery They're not in the sense that they give it to her because they flat out refuse to even with a prescription/letter from her doctor. But I do have to write into her reading record when she's had it so that if she has an accident at school that requires an ambulance (surprisingly common with her and her condition she also has another condition that causes falls - she's not epileptic) they can pass that information on.

I would imaging what they’re getting at is not to use it to mask a fever. I would clarify with the school but no one sane would have an issue in your case.

Do you have medical plan for your dd at her school? Surely that should cover your dd's needs? You should speak to school.

My dc has multiple allergies, and keep meds at school. We had to have medical plan/agreement with school regarding use of meds. Also he was prone to diarrhea because of allergy, but we had agreement with school that 48 hour rule didn't apply in the case of allergic reaction, not because of infection.

I would assume anything that other kids could catch/ pass on.

@grapehyacinthisactuallyblue

Do you have medical plan for your dd at her school? Surely that should cover your dd's needs? You should speak to school.

My dc has multiple allergies, and keep meds at school. We had to have medical plan/agreement with school regarding use of meds. Also he was prone to diarrhea because of allergy, but we had agreement with school that 48 hour rule didn't apply in the case of allergic reaction, not because of infection.

@grapehyacinthisactuallyblue School refuse to give her the calpol even with a letter from her doctor and/or it on prescription so no medical pla. They do ask me to note it down in her reading record if I've given it as she's prone to falls and they will pass this onto ambulance service if needed but that's as far as it goes.

I think you just need to have a conversation with the school (I know you're planning to). We had a similar issue with DD to do with sickness; she has a condition which means she vomits very easily and up to the age of about seven if we'd enforced the 'no school for 48 hours after vomiting' rule she would literally have never done a full day in school.