Prendergast Vale School

Overview

Prendergast is a through-school from nursery to GCSE; they joined Medical Tracker due to their designated first aider leaving the school. The ideal opportunity to search for a cost-effective and easy-to-use online first aid software. Medical Tracker has eliminated the need for duplicate record accident books and has improved their process for recording and reporting first aid incidents.

Let’s look at their challenges and the impact Medical Tracker has had whole school.

Challenges

• Paper-based accident book was the only form of injury and incident recording method. Untrackable and time-consuming, the school relied on set members of staff recording first-aid incidents.
• Parents often not being informed of their child’s injury due to injury slips not making it home, staying in school bags and being forgotten about.
• Pupils’ medical condition information, parent contacts, injury history and IHCPs were all split across several systems making access challenging and delayed.

Actions

Prendergast Vale School booked training for their administrator, the main contact for the school. Medical Tracker was introduced whole-school, with the MIS system immediately linked for all parents’ contacts.

Impact

• Parents now immediately notified of injuries (particularly head injuries).
• All staff can record first aid incidents easily using mobile devices or laptops.
• Staff notified of any incidents linked to pupils in their class or form group.