Student Health (parent area)

Student Health

All parents / carers of pupils joining Talbot Heath School are required to complete a Medical Consent Questionnaire Form prior to their daughter’s arrival, thus enabling the nursing staff to establish if there are any significant medical needs requiring specific care.

Meetings can be set up with parents to discuss care and agree a care plan.

It is the parent’s responsibility to notify the Nurse of any changes to their daughter’s health. It is vital that the school has up to date medical information. Please inform the Nurse as early as possible of any changes to your daughter’s health. This can include any diagnosed allergies, pre and post-surgery information, limb injuries, changes to prescribed medication.

Please do not send your daughter back to school after an illness, until she has been fever-free for 24 hours and not had a bout of diarrhoea or vomiting for 48 hours.

Medical Interview

Senior School
New pupils will be invited for a Medical Interview with the School Nurse.

Junior School
Pupils with a medical condition will be invited for a Medical Interview with the School Nurse.

Administration of Medicines

The Health Centre is stocked with a supply of over the counter medicines which the Nurses will administer if consent is given on the Health History and Consent Form.

If your child requires regular medication, school policy requires you to provide authorisation to dispense the medicines. You must complete the Long/ Short Term medication form.

Junior School

Medications MUST be handed to the nurse / office staff by a responsible adult (parent or carer) accompanied by a completed consent form. Medications will not be accepted from pupils and remaining medication will not be sent home with the pupil– a parent or carer will need to collect it from our medical room.

All overseas boarders will be registered with a GP at Westbourne Medical Centre.

Boarding Staff are trained to dispense over the counter medicines with parental consent.

Please complete a Long/ Short Term medication form should your child commence on prescribed medication giving your consent for boarding house staff to administer these medicines.

Any medicines prescribed overseas must be accompanied by a letter from the prescribing Doctor. An English instruction of the dose, administration, cautions etc. must be provided. Medication will only be administered if under the instructions of the UK registered GP.

The School Nurse will visit the Boarding House during school hours to assess any pupil who is absent due to illness. A care plan will be produced in collaboration with the boarding staff.