This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make schools give reception and year 1 children asthma inhalers
i believe that 4-6 year olds are too young to understand and administer inhalers by themselves, I have just been told by our school that it is not policy and they must either do it themselves or a parent can come into do it.
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After having this encounter with our school this morning and being told that it was the councils policy and then te receptionist saying it's covers everyone is absolutely ridiculous! She had said thy could overdose the child or give it to the wrong one the fact that all medication is named and has the dose on it so basically she is saying they are incompitant, I feel they are putting our children at risk.
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