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Medical Centre
The Medical Centre is run to
the standards established by
the best practice of the NHS
(National Health Service).
A highly qualified and
experienced team of nurses
run the Medical Centre. It is
open from 0800-1845 during
the week. At the weekend
and in the evening there is
always a nurse on call. If you
are ill then you will be cared
for in the health centre. The
nurses will stay in overnight
and over the weekend to
look after boarders.
If you are a weekly boarder
and are ill at the weekend,
then your parents or
guardian will need to come
and collect you. Your parents
or guardian should not bring
you back to school if you are
still ill. This is in order to stop
the illness spreading.
There is a school doctor
who visits the school every
Tuesday. He is available
to see you if you are ill. If
your illness needs more
immediate attention then
you will be taken to the
doctor’s surgery in Abingdon
(150 metres from school),
where the school doctor
works, for an appointment.
In more serious situations
you will be taken to the
Abingdon Hospital or the
John Radcliff Hospital in
Oxford. You will never have
to go alone. A member of
the school staff will always
accompany you unless your
parents are there to look
after you.
Confidentiality
In accordance with the
School doctor’s and nurse’s
professional obligations,
medical information
about you, regardless
of your age, will remain
confidential. However, in
providing medical care for
you, it is recognised that
on occasions the doctor or
nurse may liaise with your
parents or guardians, the
Head or other academic staff
and House staff, and that
information, ideally with the
your prior consent, may be
passed on if appropriate.
With all medical matters
the doctor and nurse will
respect your confidence
except on the very rare
occasion when, having failed
to persuade you or your
authorised representative to
give consent to divulgence,
the doctor or nurse
consider it in your better
interests, or necessary
for the protection of the
wider School community to
breach confidence and pass
information to a relevant
person or body.
Medication
It is of vital importance that
we know of any medication
you are taking. This means
that you should make sure
that you and your parents
complete the medical details
form very carefully before
you arrive.
It is also very important that
if you start taking any new
medication over the school
holidays you and your parents
tell Mr Golding and the school
health centre. It is important
that we understand what you
are taking and why so that we
can look after you properly
should any problems arise.
This means that if you are
taking medication that has not
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been prescribed in England
we need a clear explanation
of what it is and what it is
for, this includes any herbal,
or homeopathic, or Chinese
medication.
You should not bring other
medicines into the house.
The house has a supply of
paracetamol and ibuprofen
that you can ask the
house staff to provide you
with if you need it. You are
permitted to bring in the
following medication for
yourself:
12 Strepsils or similar,
24 Rennies of similar, 12
paracetamol, 16 Ibuprofen
For any other medication
that you need to take you
need to seek permission
from your housemaster
and the medical centre.
They will assess whether
they think you can
administer the medication
yourself or whether you
need to collect it from
them when you need it.
You should not bring any
other medication into
school.
Response to an
illness or injury
If you are ill or if you
suffer an injury you will
be looked after by the
school medical staff.
They will take you into
the medical centre
for supervision, and if
necessary you will be kept
in over night. The school
doctor is available to see
pupils who are ill and to
prescribe any necessary
treatment. If the situation
is more serious then
you will be taken to
the small Abingdon
hospital or the large
John Radcliffe hospital in
Oxford. A member of the
school staff will always
accompany you. It may be
necessary to take a taxi, in
which case the charge will
be put on your parents’
school bill.
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
