Illness Policy

The policy within the nursery is to encourage and promote good health and hygiene for all the children in our care. All children will be:

• Monitored for signs and symptoms of diseases such as chicken pox, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, hepatitis, diarrhoea, vomiting and fevers of 101oF/38oC or over.
• With the welfare of the sick child in mind and in the interests of the remaining children in the nursery, if in the opinion of the staff the child is ill, then the parent/carer will be contacted and requested to collect him/her as soon as possible. The staff of the nursery must be convinced that the child has returned to good health before re-admitting him/her.
• In the case of serious illness occurring then the parent/carer will be contacted along with the child’s GP and the appropriate action taken. In the unlikely event of the parent not being available, the senior staff member will assume charge and if necessary take the child to hospital along with all relevant details.