Nursery World - First aiders warn nursery children at risk

A first aid training body has warned that pre-school children in Scotland are being put at unneccessary risk because there is no requirement for childcare staff to hold a paediatric first aid certificate.

The First Aid Training Co-operative is calling on the Scottish Government to bring the country in line with England and Wales where it is a legal requirement for at least one member of staff in a childcare setting to hold a paediatric first aid qualification.

Owners Cory Jones and Tom Durham have written to the minister for childcare and early years, Maree Todd, warning of a 'ticking time bomb' in paediatric first aid provision in nurseries.

They have also launched a petition asking for the minister to guarantee all early learning and childcare providers have at least one member of staff on duty with a 12-hour paediatric first aid certificate when children are in nursery, at playgroup or on school trips.

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