To be cross at nursery for not administering antibiotics?

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I have a one year old daughter who unfortunately has frequent UTIs and consequently is often on antibiotics. We’ve started getting really good at catching them early, so my daughter is absolutely fine and happy in herself, well enough for nursery, but needs antibiotics x3 a day. Logically that is one dose when she wakes up, one before bed and one around lunchtime, but the nursery have said they are not even allowed to have it on the premises. Is this common policy? It seems a bit ridiculous to me.

I don't know about nursery but when my ds was in reception class, we were in the same position. Anti biotics several times a day. They refused to give it to him. I had to go into the school everyday and give it to him myself. Luckily I was a sahm and lived round the corner from the school.

Not in my experience, mine would not allow my one to attend for 24 hours at the start of every anti biotics course, but would give them as long as they had a dated prescription each time

School were the same, I had to in and give them. Was years ago though.

I even asked if i could pop in to give it to her a lunchtime and they said no!

They won't be insured to give medication. If anything went wrong, they would be liable.

That’s crazy that they won’t let you go in to give it. I’d ask for their policy on this.

I can understand them not wanting to administer them but it's crazy to say you can't go in and do it. They either expect her to go without medication she needs or for you to keep her at home. That's probably what they are hoping for to be honest.

Although I don't understand why they won't let you go in to give the meds. That seems unfair - I would ask why they won't allow it.

Our school will only do it if it's a 4x daily dose. If it's three they will not do it. They reason you can do all of them at home.

I would expect them to be able to give them to her or at least you be allowed in to do it. My dds nursery will give antibiotics and other medicine as long as they see the pharmacy label with instructions.

The nursery we use gives antibiotics along with an assortment of other medications it definitely depends on the setting. If this is a common problem I would actually be considered moving settings or you're going to waste so much time paying for her when she's ok to attend but can't go as they won't give her the antibiotics.

Surely you can go in, take her outside give it to her and then take her back in.

Bonkers as it sounds.

Bonkers. Ours did this with no issue at all. The only faff was remembering to bring and especially to collect it again at the end of the day. It's part of looking after a child.

Well this is what I did but perhaps the op is at work whilst her dd is at nursery and not close enough to be able to do this

@Comedycook think you've missed an update

It will be to do with the insurance they have. Medical negligence cover is separate. Big groups will generally have it but often not small nurseries.

Oh I see. That's absolutely ridiculous.

Also how could they stop the op if she turns up and asks for her DD...they cannot refuse to hand her over. Then the op gives her the medicine outside the gate and then returns her.

Nope, our nursery happily gave any medication they needed. They had a fridge in the office for it.

That's impossible for working parents, you need them back in nursery asap.

Ours will give any prescription medications, that's a ridiculous policy.

This was the same for us.

Our nursery were ridiculous in many ways, but this was not one of them.

Giving my son his inhaler though when he clearly needed it is another story.

I don't think that's always true. Ours is a small nursery and are more than happy to administer medication, they even have a small fridge in the office for stuff that need to be kept cold. It would be a bit pointless using a nursery for many working parents to be honest as it's quite common for children to be on medication at some point whilst also well enough to be nursery.

Does that mean a nursery without negligence cover wouldn't be able to use epi pens or give a child an inhaler?

Our school administer antibiotics and calpol. It is ridiculous that they are not doing it.

I have two children currently in nursery.
The policy at ours is the need to have had one dose administered already, after that they are happy to do it.
I just fill out a medication form stipulating when doses are required, when the last dose was given. The staff administer during the day and then I sign it off in the evening.

My grandson is type 1 diabetic. The nursery will give him injections ( they needed special training ) but cannot do a "medical procedure" of reattaching his Dexcom.

Not giving antibiotics is ridiculous. Id get Ofsted involved and ask if they are being unreasonable.

Ridiculous, used to work in childcare. Most places the policy was that antibiotics could be given so long as the child had, had already been given a previous dose or a full 24 hours worth beforehand (no unopened bottles/check previous use or a dose given in-front of us to make sure no allergies).