Consultation: Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school

The Department for Education is consulting on proposed updates to the statutory guidance on supporting pupils with medical conditions at school.

The consultation seeks views on proposals to strengthen the way children and young people with medical conditions and allergy are supported and kept safe, by:

• Requiring every setting to have a published medical conditions policy
• Strengthening Individual Healthcare Plans (IHPs)
• Strengthening recording, reporting and learning from serious incidents and ‘near misses’
• Introducing a new requirement for a separate, published allergy safety policy, including training and the use of adrenaline devices.

Responses will help finalise revised guidance for schools and inform wider work to improve safety, consistency and inclusion for children and young people with medical conditions and allergies.