Work matters Welfare requirements: Part 4 - Steps to health

By Laura Henry and Jeanette Phillips-Green, Nursery World, 17 January 2008

Policies and procedures for dealing with children's illnesses or injuries, keeping animals on site, and providing healthy food and drink with hygienic practice are outlined in our series.

Illness and injuries' and 'Food and drink' are two of the ten requirements grouped under 'Safeguarding and promoting children's welfare' within the Statutory Framework for the EYFS (see box). Illness and injuries Links to: - Every Child Matters Outcome: Protecting children from harm or neglect and helping them stay safe - Former National Standards: 6 - Safety, 7 - Health, 12 - Working in partnership with parents and carers, 13 - Child...

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