Mary Poppins would find her policy for administering medicine doesn't quite meet the healthy eating standards nowadays, but her Gladstone bag would certainly still come in handy for storing the volumes of medication that come into settings on a weekly basis.
With the incidence of allergies in young children on the rise and parents often too ready to hand a sick or infectious children into our care, settings need to make sure that they have rigorous procedures in place for medication.
Recent cases highlighted by colleagues across the country draw attention to how policies vary among settings:
* 'We have a cupboard for our unprescribed medication and we put all prescribed medication in the fridge.'
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