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Should I have to pay?

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dderrick · 20/05/2021 20:11

My daughter does 1 day a week at nursery. Last week she developed a temperature 2 days after going. We also got a message from the nursery saying some virus was going around her room causing high temperatures, if our child has one she can't attend until she has a negative Covid test.
So we kept her home this week, and had to pay our child minder a full day as we both work.
Is it right we still have to pay the nursery for a full day, when she caught the virus/cold from there? Her temperature only lasted 1 day, but we could not get the test done, they won't accept the home tests, it has to be one you do postally.

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

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KaptainKaveman · 20/05/2021 20:14

Yes it is right.

rubyslippers · 20/05/2021 20:15

Yes it’s right - they have a procedure in place
If they waived fees can you imagine how much money they would lose each week

Wolfiefan · 20/05/2021 20:16

Of course it’s right. They still need to pay staff etc.

Twickerhun · 20/05/2021 20:17

Yes you pay.
It’s an occupational hazard of being a toddler at the moment that you catch the bugs that may or may not be covid. The rules still apply. You need the nursery to keep her space and they need to pay their staff. If parents didn’t pay the nursery would go bust fast.

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dderrick · 20/05/2021 20:17

Ps. They didn't say the virus was Covid, or that anyone had tested positive for it.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 20/05/2021 20:17

Yes

ThursdayWeld · 20/05/2021 20:20

Of course you have to pay!

NerrSnerr · 20/05/2021 20:52

Of course you have to pay. Why couldn't you take her for a drive through PCR? It's completely right they don't accept LFTs because they're for asymptomatic testing.

Longdistance · 20/05/2021 21:01

Yes, you pay. You have a space for your dc, therefore you pay. Why would you not pay?

EasterIssland · 20/05/2021 21:09

Yes you’ve to pay. You can get her a pcr done to proof it’s not COVID

Vodkaandballoon · 20/05/2021 21:13

Yep, pretty standard. Absence policy should be In your contract

FelicityPike · 20/05/2021 21:14

Of course.

QueenAdreena · 20/05/2021 21:17

Of course you should pay.

Thesearmsofmine · 20/05/2021 21:21

Of course you pay. How do you even know it was from the nursery? There is no way to prove she didn’t have a temp for some other reason.

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dderrick · 20/05/2021 21:59

What I'm not understanding is them refusing to let her attend, when no one there has tested positive for Covid. Don't you normally only have to test for covid if you're in contact with someone who tested positive, not in contact with someone with a high temperature?

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addictedtotheflats · 20/05/2021 22:04

You need to pay while you wait for the swab. Surely you can go to a drive through? They come back within 24 hours usually

Sirzy · 20/05/2021 22:04

A high temp at the moment means covid test.

I am actually more shocked a childminder agreed to take her for the day in that situation

Idontgiveagriffindamn · 20/05/2021 22:11

You say in your OP that she had a temperature. She needed a Covid test (too late night) or you all isolate for 10 days.
And yes you need to pay.

Musicalmistress · 20/05/2021 22:16

@dderrick

It's very little to do with anyone in the nursery having (or not having) Covid, they can't take the chance that she may have come into contact with someone out with nursery when with you & caught Covid.

Musicalmistress · 20/05/2021 22:18

@dderrick

They're not asking you to get her tested because she's been in contact with someone with a high temp but because she herself has a high temp, which can be a covid symptom.

Mammaaof · 20/05/2021 22:19

Your daughter had a covid symptom therefore needed to test

Cloud1220 · 20/05/2021 22:20

Yes you need to pay, a temp means a PCR test and negative result needed or else you all isolate for 10 days, and you really really shouldn’t be using another childcare setting for a symptomatic child (whether it’s Covid or something else!). I’m sure the other children in the setting won’t be thanking you for introducing whatever virus it was to them!

Sjdmcfeet · 20/05/2021 22:22

Yep you still have to pay
My DD2 is in nursery two days per week she couldn't attend one day last week we still paid they still have to pay the staff , it's just one of them things and I have resigned myself to not getting stressed about nursery fees because things like this are happening all the time
She was once sick within 2 mins of arrival and was sent home for the day absoloutley fine rest of the day , it just happenes

Fitforforty · 20/05/2021 22:23

🤦‍♀️ The rule for the last 14 months has been if you have a temperature then you and the rest of the household isolates because it could be covid. It’s not new it’s been around for over a year. Now you can get a test - it doesn’t have to be postal, you can go to a drive in or walk on site. I got my toddlers result back in just over 10 hours this week. The person with the temperature can’t return to work, school or nursery until 48 hours after their temperature has gone.

Of course you need to pay so they can pay their staff.

Faranth · 20/05/2021 22:25

Not only were they right to need a negative test, but the childminder shouldn't have agreed to take her and in addition the whole household should be isolating either until a negative PCR result comes back or for 10 days, if you choose not to test her.

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