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Schools will be required to do more to support pupils who have ongoing health needs such as asthma or diabetes.
Teachers will be trained to help the one million pupils who have long-term health conditions and to deal with emergencies such as an asthma attack or epileptic fit, under a new duty being imposed on schools.
The Department for Education (DfE) has decided to require all primary and secondary schools in England, including academies and free schools, to do more to support pupils who have ongoing health needs such as diabetes.
Michael Gove, the education secretary, has acted after sustained lobbying by an alliance of health charities, which said the lives of such pupils were being put at risk because schools were poorly prepared to look after them. While some already offered pupils excellent help, many others did not, they said.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/21/teachers-trained-health-emergencies
Teachers will be trained to help the one million pupils who have long-term health conditions and to deal with emergencies such as an asthma attack or epileptic fit, under a new duty being imposed on schools.
The Department for Education (DfE) has decided to require all primary and secondary schools in England, including academies and free schools, to do more to support pupils who have ongoing health needs such as diabetes.
Michael Gove, the education secretary, has acted after sustained lobbying by an alliance of health charities, which said the lives of such pupils were being put at risk because schools were poorly prepared to look after them. While some already offered pupils excellent help, many others did not, they said.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/21/teachers-trained-health-emergencies