🤒 Sickness & Emergency Treatment Policy
Reviewed by: Phil Parker
Next Review Date: September 2025
🎯 Aim
We aim to:
Promote the good health 🏥 of children in our care.
Prevent the spread of infection 🦠 and take appropriate action if a child becomes ill.
Ensure children with medical needs receive proper care and support ❤️.
Provide clarity on the roles and responsibilities of both FUNDA staff and parents regarding medical needs.
📋 Method
Health & Attendance Requirements
Children must be well enough to attend FUNDA to enjoy learning and
growing. 🌟
Parents are asked not to bring unwell children to the camp.
Illness Reporting
If a child is ill prior to camp, parents must notify FUNDA 📞 as soon as possible.
This allows FUNDA to inform other parents/carers if there is a potential risk of infection ⚠️.
Children can only return once they are no longer infectious, preventing contamination 🚫.
Illness During Sessions
If a child becomes ill during a session, we will contact the parent/carer to decide on the best course of action 🗣.
Staff are trained to handle situations appropriately ✅.
Emergencies: FUNDA will contact emergency services 🚑 before notifying parents if required.
Considering Everyone’s Welfare
Decisions consider the health and safety of all children and adults under our
care 👨👩👧👦.
📜 Key Guidelines for Exclusion
Based on Public Health England (PHE) guidance, we enforce exclusion periods based on symptoms and illnesses:
No Exclusion
🪳 Head Lice
👁 Conjunctivitis
🧠 Tonsillitis
🌸 Roseola
🩴 Hand, Foot, and Mouth
😊 Slapped Cheek
🧵 Threadworms
48 Hours Exclusion
🤮 Vomiting – After the last symptom.
💩 Diarrhoea – After the last symptom.
5 Days Exclusion
🌟 Chicken Pox/Shingles – 5 days after the appearance of the last spots.
🤧 Whooping Cough*
*🩹 German Measles
*🌡 Measles
*🍑 Mumps
Other Exclusions
💊 Scarlet Fever – Return 24 hours after starting antibiotics.
🐞 Scabies – Until fully treated.
💍 Ringworm – Until treatment has begun.
🩸 Impetigo – Until lesions crust over.
Notifiable Diseases
Illnesses marked with a ‘*’ are notifiable diseases and must be reported to Public Health England and Ofsted 📋.
FUNDA collaborates with parents, PHE, and Ofsted to ensure the appropriate
response 🛡.
HIV Policy
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is managed with complete confidentiality 🕵️♀️.
Children or families affected by HIV are not excluded.
🩹 Managing Minor Injuries
Cuts or open sores must be covered with a plaster or appropriate dressing 🚑.
Verrucae must be covered with a waterproof plaster or clear nail varnish.
🚑 Treatment of Illness Procedure
If a child becomes unwell during a session, FUNDA will:
Contact the parent/carer to discuss the issue 🗣.
Decide together on the next steps (e.g., rest, treatment, or collection).
🏠 Sending a Child Home Early
If a child needs to go home:
Parents/carers will be contacted to collect the child promptly 📞.
If collection isn’t possible within 30 minutes, they must update FUNDA on their status ⏳.
If there’s no improvement after 30 minutes, the parent/carer (or an authorized person listed on the registration form) must collect the child 🚗.
This policy ensures the health and safety of all children, families, and staff at FUNDA 🌈.