New interactive session developed to help schools in Warwickshire meet The Department of Health's recommendation that all teachers should have asthma training

10 August 2010

The Department of Health guidance document (March 2005) ‘Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years Settings’ makes many recommendations for schools and their training needs around asthma including:

• Schools should have a clear policy in administration of medicines
• Support and training for all staff should be available
• All teachers should have asthma training.

In order to help schools in Warwickshire meet this requirement and with the aim of making sure that no children die needlessly in our local schools, we have developed a short 1 hour session for teachers which covers:

• Managing asthma in the school setting
• Identifying worsening symptoms
• How to manage an acute attack
• Best Practice, asthma policies and where to obtain further information
• Different types of device and how they work.

We have been delighted by the response of our local schools and already have a total of 51 teachers from 3 different schools in our area booked onto our workshops.  The interactive sessions which are delivered by an expert asthma nurse last approximately 1 hour and cost £10.00 per person.  We have sessions running at our training facility in Warwick on the following dates:

• 27th September 2010
• 4th January 2011

To find out more information or to book a place please call Laura Edwards on 01926 838969 or Rachel Clarke on 01926 836849.

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