Ladybird NHS Nursery in Southend brought in Lynda Bartholomew, who won Southend Council’s early years inspirational manager award this year, following the incident.
The January inspection was prioritised following a notification received by Ofsted regarding medication given to a child that resulted in an overdose.
The child was given a 5ml dose of Calpol at home between 8am and 9am, but staff administered a second 5ml dose at 11am. The child, who still attends the nursery, was taken to hospital as a precaution, but showed no ill effects. The nursery said the overdose was due to a ‘staff miscommunication’.
Official Calpol dosage advice recommends leaving at least four hours between 5ml doses in children aged between six months and two years, and between 7.5ml doses in children aged between two and four years old.
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