Read the plan your childminder has written for your child's medical condition, check you agree, and sign it.
Parents whose child has a medical condition — asthma, an allergy, epilepsy, diabetes or anything else their childminder needs a plan for. Reading and signing takes a couple of minutes.
A healthcare plan is the written agreement between you and your childminder about your child's condition: what it is, what medication they have, and exactly what your childminder will do in an emergency. Nothing happens until you have both signed it, so it is worth reading properly rather than signing on the doorstep.
Tap the menu, then Healthcare Plan. If you have more than one child with the setting, tap your child's name along the top.
When your childminder is waiting on you, the plan says so at the top of the screen.
Work down the plan: the condition, what triggers it, the signs to watch for, the medication and when it is given, and who to contact.
Two sections matter more than the rest:
Read those two as though you were the one following them. If anything is wrong, missing, or does not match what your GP or consultant has told you, do not sign it. Speak to your childminder and they will send you an updated version.
Tap Sign and activate and sign with your finger.
That is both signatures, so the plan is now active. Your childminder can see it on their dashboard, and so can anyone caring for your child alongside them.
If you would rather sign in person, your childminder can hand you their phone at drop-off or pick-up and you can sign there instead. It counts exactly the same, and the plan records that you signed in person.
A signed plan cannot be quietly edited. If your child's needs change — a new inhaler, a different dose, a condition that has settled — either of you can start a new version, and you both sign again.
Until you do, the plan you already signed stays in force, so your child is never left without one while a change is being agreed. You can see every version, and who signed it and when, in the plan's history.
Asking both of you to sign means nobody has to remember what was agreed verbally, months later. The date, the wording and both signatures are kept, so you know your childminder is working to the plan you actually agreed — and they can show an inspector the same thing.
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