I got the dreaded phone call to pick my child up from nursery with suspected hand foot and mouth. They told me they’d noticed spots on his mouth and hands, which I hadn’t noticed that morning. I was skeptical but had to pick him up. Because of this I’ve had to take 2 days off work to look after my little one. He still isn’t showing any signs of illness and I have only seen one little red dot on his cheek.
I'm really frustrated to have had to take time off work and essentially lose money because of this. Is there any way to get compensated by the nursery because of their mistake?
he hadn’t been in nursery for a week so I don’t even know how they thought he’d caught hand foot and mouth as that’s the only place he is around other children.
We get funded childcare and only have to pay for consumables, but I’ve basically lost £130 in paid time off for this! And we’re really struggling for money these days. I tend to use up all of my holiday time for when my kids are sick or on school holidays, so I’m really frustrated to have had to take time off for no reason.