Medical Room
Contact
Dawn O’Neill - Medical Officer - dawn.oneill@swale.at
The medical room is located behind the main reception area.
Flu Vaccinations - Thursday 2nd October 2025
The Immunisation Service are coming into school to offer your child the Flu
vaccination.
Attached to this email is the Flu parent letter which contains information about the
upcoming vaccination session and instructions on how to complete the online
consent form.
If there are any medical queries on the submitted consent form and we are unable to
contact you to discuss them, we may have to delay vaccination and invite you to
attend one of our clinics.
If you are unable to open the links within the attached document, please follow the
links below:
For information about the Flu vaccine and frequently asked questions:
https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/resources/patient-resources/flu-vaccinations
To complete a consent form:
https://www.susseximmunisations.co.uk/Forms/Flu
You will need the school code found within the attached parent letter to complete a
consent form.
For NHS-recommended advice on common childhood illnesses and guidance on when your child should stay off school, visit Patient.info
Click here for the HPV Vaccination poster
HPV teaching resource from The University of Bristol and London School of Tropical Medicine
EDUCATE, co-produced by young people and researchers from the University of Bristol and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with input from colleagues at UK Health Security Agency, will help professionals inform Key Stage 3 students about the HPV vaccine.
The resources are aimed at Year 8 students before they are offered the HPV vaccine. However, other young people may also benefit from having the opportunity to find out more about the process. The resources for the EDUCATE lesson include films and exercises to assist learning and support the delivery of the HPV vaccination programme by providing young people with information and answering any questions they may have. It prepares them to be vaccinated at school and helps them make the decision to be vaccinated or not.
As well as covering key learning opportunities from the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ section of the Programme of Study, the lesson pack also covers the statutory Health Education requirements to ensure students know ‘about personal hygiene, germs including bacteria, viruses, how they are spread, treatment and prevention of infection, and the facts and science relating to immunisation and vaccination’.
It can be accessed for free at:
https://pshe-association.org.uk/resource/educate-hpv-vaccine
Prescribed Medication
If your child has been prescribed medication or you would like them to have access to their own tablets (eg. Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, antihistamine), you must bring it into school, in the bought or prescribed box and complete a Consent Form so that it can be kept locked away in the medical room, administered by a trained First Aider.
Medical Conditions / Dietary Needs & Disabilities
Please can you check your child(ren)'s medical information on the My Child at School app to make sure that the information we currently hold is up-to-date. Such information includes medical conditions, dietary requirements, and disabilities.
Any required amendments cannot be made through the app, but instead must please be put in writing to me via email at dawn.oneill@swale.at so that the necessary updates can be made on our school systems.
If you are unable to access your My Child at School app for any reason, please email pcs-enquiries@swale.at for support.
TdIPV & MenACWY Parent Consent Letter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c19132k8ke0o
Type One Diabetes Research
Could you take part?
School Nurses
A Government Healthy Schools Programme representative will be run lunchtime health promotion events throughout the year, where students can speak about physical and mental health issues, openly or in a confidential one-to-one setting.
Vaccinations
A Guide to Immunisation for Young People
How to Register for Cinnamon Immunisation E-Consent System
