Get tips and advice on using Medical Tracker to monitor medical needs of students and staff.
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The NCSC’s ‘Protective Domain Name Service for Schools’ has been scaled up to protect various organisations. The PDNS for schools is a service provided by the NCSC designed to protect schools from a plethora of cyber...
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The Department for Education recently updated its guidance on record keeping and management. The Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR mandate that data retention should only be for as long as needed. You...
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Here are some alarming statistics to contemplate before we get into the blog:
🚨- 9 children are harmed on UK roads every day.
🚨- 3,402 children aged seven and under were killed or injured in 2022.
🚨- 1,190...
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Under new government guidance, schools must record every "significant" use of reasonable force against pupils and report them to parents "as soon as practicable."
We're not there yet (the DfE is still...
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Bumped heads (minor head injuries) are one of the most common injuries recorded in primary schools, with an increased risk of injury during playtimes, lunchtimes, and PE lessons. Schools are required to have designated first aiders trained and prepared...
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Do you look at your school’s paper medical records and feel confident that they are all there and they are 100% accurate?
A lot of people are distrustful of paper records. There are a lot of issues surrounding efficiency, storage and even ensuring DfE...
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Still using paper health and medication records in your school? Now may be the time to go digital. There are many advantages to swapping from paper to online health management solutions and doing so is much simpler and quicker than you might think.
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School leaders are responsible for meeting the minimum statutory requirement for first aid. Included in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 , Headteachers and MAT CEOs are tasked with ensuring ‘reasonable precautions’ are taken to identify health and...
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The inspectorate’s annual report warns of a "rise in unorthodox patterns in education."
'Flexi-schooling' is certainly a new phenomenon that is open to interpretation. So, what are the impacts?
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Over 12% of the UK population have asthma: a condition that impacts a person’s airways. With asthma, airways can become irritated and are more sensitive to factors that can cause a reaction. There are common triggers for asthma: allergies, pollen,...
