Administration of Medication

Occasionally, a child may need to have his/her medication administered by a member of staff in school. For all medication in school, the parent/carer MUST complete an APD-Administration of Prescribed Drugs form.

MEDICATION WILL NOT BE ADMINISTERED UNLESS APPROPRIATE FORMS BY PARENTS/CARERS ARE COMPLETEd, signed AND APPROVED BY THE PRINCIPAL

Parents/Carers must ensure/ are responsible for the following:

• All medications are in date

• The school has an adequate supply of required medication

• Medications must be supplied in the original container and only dispensed as labelled

• Safe disposal of used or out of date medications

• Informing the school if medication is no longer required or changed

Please note, staff can not force children to take medication.  We can not accept medication in unlabelled containers.

This form must be completed by the parent/guardian. It enables the school to ensure the correct information has been received from parents and to monitor and correctly support the use of medication in school. If a pupil requires several items of medication in school the appropriate details should be provided.