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Full statement regarding Ide Primary School’s ‘nut-free environment’ policy 5th January 2018

You may have seen in the news that Ide Primary School in Exeter has received criticism for introducing a ‘nut-free environment’ policy and the subsequent coverage in the Daily Mail Online. The Anaphylaxis Campaign provided a full statement to the

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Spare Pens in Schools: New legislation allows ‘spare’ emergency adrenaline auto-injectors in schools 7th July 2017

07/07/2017 New legislation was passed in Westminster this week to allow schools in the UK to keep spare adrenaline auto injectors (AAIs) for emergency use. AAI devices deliver a potentially life-saving dose of adrenaline in the event of a severe

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The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has published new research into the role of school nurses in supporting pupils with long term conditions. 26th September 2016

Nursing in schools: how school nurses support pupils with long-term health conditions looked at school nurses’ confidence in managing five prevalent long-term health conditions: asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, anaphylaxis and eczema. The research included a national survey, completed by one in

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