The Anaphylaxis Campaign will roll out the training using funding fromthe American Peanut Council. The project aims to ensure all schools haveaccess to nurses who can deliver dedicated training within threeyears.
The scheme, piloted in five areas, would train school nurses in areassuch as recognising allergy symptoms, allergen avoidance and usingauto-injector pens that reverse reactions.
Nurses will get a training pack accredited by the Royal College ofNursing.
An evaluation of the pilots found that almost a third of nurses involvedin the care of children with anaphylaxis in schools or early yearssettings, and well over a third of school staff, had never beentrained.
Sue Clarke, the campaign's nurse adviser, said at the conference thatschools often relied on parents to tell them what to do.
- jane@anaxx.org.uk.
