Nursery workers/owners - Calpol Policy??

[hf128219]

Does anyone know what is Ofsted's position on Nurseries administering Calpol?

Thanks!

They didn't leave because their child got ill - they left because I couldn't accept that 2.5hours was too long to leave in a setting throwing up & that I shouldn't have sat her in the lounge with DH, Cbeebies & a bucket & that they refused to make alternative arrangements if it should happen again.

I couldn't put the other children at risk

Then of course there was the day we had to close that I had to refund all the money to all the other parents

The only reason I brought it up was that as hf128219 works 'away' she might have come up with a solution I hadn't thought of

I really wasn't having a go in any way - just trying to solve a problem that limits my client base I really didn't mean to start something honestly (I'm just a greedy capitalist who needs a solution)

I also have to supply 2 other emergency contact tel numbers of people that live 1/2 hour away.

I am lucky that I have a daily cleaner who would help out if I got really stuck.

I am also lucky that dd rarely gets ill! It's just this Calpol issue that winds me up.

we give calpol in our setting
parents can send in any medicines for us to administer (24 hrs of antibiotics have to be given at home)
we have nursery calpol to give to children who need it (after a phone call with parents to confirm they can have it) if they have signed the consent form on the admissions form.

some where inside this mass of threads, someone said that they use individual bottles for each child, wow your medicine cabinet must be massive, i would just like to suggest the sachets they do, it maybe a little more expensive but in the long run i think it would be more cost affective as they is no waste