CPD Module: Back to School

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5. NHS Choices. 'Is my child too ill for school?'. Last reviewed February 2015. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Yourchildatschool/Pages/Illness.aspx

6. Gov.UK. 'Illness and your child's education'. https://www.gov.uk/illness-child-education

7. Department for Education. 'Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions - Statutory guidance for governing bodies of maintained schools and proprietors of academies in England'. December 2015. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/484418/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions.pdf

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10. Department of Health. Guidance: 'Emergency asthma inhalers for use in schools'. Published September 4 2015. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/emergency-asthma-inhalers-for-use-in-schools

11. Department of Health. Guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools. March 2015. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416468/emergency_inhalers_in_schools.pdf

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15. RJ Buka et al. 'Anaphylaxis and ethnicity: higher incidence in British South Asians'. Allergy. 2015 Dec; 70(12): 1580-7. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/all.12702/abstract

16. MHRA. 'Adrenaline auto-injector advice for patients'. May 30 2014. https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/adrenaline-auto-injector-advice-for-patients

17. Anaphylaxis Campaign. 'Adrenaline Auto-Injectors to be held in all schools €“ Campaign'. Update March 16 2017. https://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/campaigning/generic-pen-campaign/

18. Department of Health. 'Allowing schools to hold spare adrenaline auto-injectors'. Consultation 10 March to 5 May 2017. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/allowing-schools-to-hold-spare-adrenaline-auto-injectors

19. NHS Choices. Head lice and nits. Last reviewed May 2016. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice/pages/introduction.aspx

20. NHS Inform. Head lice and nits. Last updated April 2017. https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/skin-hair-and-nails/head-lice-and-nits

21. Community Hygiene Concern. Welcome to Bug Busting, Last updated April 2011. http://www.chc.org/homedir/parent_info.cfm

22. IF Burgess. 'How long do louse eggs take to hatch? A possible answer to an age-old riddle'. Med Vet Entomol. 2014 Jun; 28(2): 119-124. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mve.12026/abstract

23. NICE CKS. 'Warts and verrucae'. Last revised in December 2014. https://cks.nice.org.uk/warts-and-verrucae#!scenario

24. British Association of Dermatologists.  'Plantar Warts (Verrucas). Last updated July 2015. http://www.bad.org.uk/shared/get-file.ashx?id=176&itemtype=document

25. RI Ejemot-Nwadiaro et al. 'Hand washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea'. The Cochrane Library. 3 September 2015 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004265.pub3/abstract

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