I'm a childminder..........mindee off as being treated for Swine Flu.......ds2 has symptoms but surgery won't say either way............

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Ds2 has been unwell for over a week now but was starting to get better (told twice on phone that as no temp, not swine flu)......mindee had sudden temp on Wed and after speaking with Dr, is now being treated for Swine Flu so staying away for 5 days. This morning ds2 started with a temp and has been off his food and a bit more clingy but mostly ok in himself. I phoned the surgery AGAIN (for mindees sake) and gave an update and they said it COULD be Swine Flu, they can't know for sure, it could just be a normal respiratory infection.

So, do I phone all parents and close just in case? I've got a SLIGHT temp, a SLIGHT sore throat and a SLIGHT headache too. A couple of other children have slight temps too but nothing major and are mostly ok in themselves.

What do you think? I've asked in the childminder section but chances are they are too tied up to reply until later.

TIA

Dunno.

It's all batty.

tell me about it!!!!

tell the parents and give them the option of keeping their children at home?

I would inform the parents and inform your local inspector they might be able to advise you further. If you say it's mild and you feel ok to continue working then I would let the parents make the choice whether they want to bring their children to you.

Definately inform your inspector though.

Thanks everyone. I've contacted them now so all in hand, decided to go ahead. As for the local inspector......not sure who you mean? I did contact someone in our Early Years team who just referred me to the same numbers/leaflet as everyone else. Will look into who I need to contact

I've phoned local HPU and they gave me a number and those people logged the details and said that's all I need to do, so hopefully that's fine. I don't think Ofsted will want to know as they'll end up with so many calls, at least I've notified someone Will make a log of the call at my end too.

Right, off to get some headache tablets as it's starting to hurt more now.

Thanks for the advice.