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Ensuring Playground Safety: UK Regulations and Guidelines
Discover the importance of playground safety and explore the regulations and guidelines in the UK to ensure a safe and enjoyable playtime for children.
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Adrenaline Auto-Injector devices (AAI) in schools: changes to know about.
Medical Tracker: March 25 2025
In May 2023, important information was shared about the changes that schools will have to make with the way they manage Adrenaline Auto-Injector (AAI) devices. We share all you need to know about managing AAIs correctly and informing parents with...
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Myths and Misconceptions: School Illnesses
Medical Tracker: March 17 2025
Medical misinformation is incredibly dangerous. At Medical Tracker, we believe you should have all of the facts to be able to make informed choices around when to contact a doctor, and when a child can be sent into school.
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What accommodations are available for students with ADHD?
Medical Tracker: March 10 2025
There is a stigma in society that claims that children who have ADHD are disruptive, misbehaving pupils who refuse to play by the rules, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Without getting into all the technical details of neurobiology, it can...
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First aid kits: where should you keep them?
Medical Tracker: March 06 2025
First aid kits are undoubtedly a hugely important health and safety measure in schools. But where should you put these kits, and how many of them do you need?
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First aid in school: treating a minor head injury.
Medical Tracker: March 04 2025
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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Ensuring School Safety: A Guide to Reporting Incidents
Medical Tracker: February 17 2025
Discover the importance of reporting incidents in schools and learn how to ensure the safety of students and staff.
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The benefits of a digital accident book
Medical Tracker: February 17 2025
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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6 school hazards that fly under the radar
Medical Tracker: February 17 2025
Schools are places of learning and adventure for pupils, but they should also be safe environments where students feel protected and secure. This is why schools take health and safety extremely seriously.
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First Aid Risk Assessment 2025: Why, When and How.
Medical Tracker: February 11 2025
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...