Healthcare centre
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our pupils and staff members, Wellington College has an excellently equipped healthcare centre run by fully qualified nursing professionals. The centre is located just behind the sports hall.
Before starting at the College, all children must have a physical check-up. Parents must complete and return a medical form together with a physical examination report detailing any allergies or illnesses that their child(ren) may have before starting at Wellington. The healthcare centre will attend to any injuries or illnesses, but sometimes we need to contact the pupil’s parent or guardian, so we must always have your current contact details.
If your child becomes ill during school time, you will be contacted and asked to collect your child. If your child has sustained a minor injury, we will contact you either by telephone or email, depending on the severity.
In more serious cases of injury that require hospital treatment, we will ask you to collect your child and take them to the hospital. In an emergency, one of our nurses will take your child to Raffles Hospital, and we will ask you to meet them there.
We have chosen Raffles Hospital for its high international standards, 24-hour emergency services and easy access from the College. Facilities are high quality and English is widely spoken there as well.
Raffles Hospital
Add: 200 Yuanzhao Road, Pudong New District
Tel: 021 612 930 00
上海莱福士医院：上海浦东园照路200号
Head Nurse Ms Sarah Tang
sarah.tang@wellingtoncollege.cn
Office: 021 5185 3889
Mobile: 137 0198 1931
Email: nurse.wcis@wellingtoncollege.cn
Medication
If your child has been prescribed medication that needs to be administered during the school day, you MUST send it into school, clearly labelled in English with your child’s name, class, time, dosage and what the medication is for. This should be marked for the attention of the school nurse. Your child’s teacher will pass this on to the healthcare centre. A signed ‘Authorisation for Administering Medication’ form together with a copy of the prescription will be required as well.
Pupils requiring items such as EpiPens or Ventolin inhalers must have at least two sets in the school, one in the care of the child or their class teacher and one in the healthcare centre, to be on hand immediately if necessary. It is the responsibility of parents to ensure their child and the school have the medication they need, and the medication must be unexpired.
Emergency medical treatment
If your child requires urgent medical attention while under the care of the College, we will attempt to obtain your prior consent. However, should we be unable to contact you in the event of an emergency, parents have authorised (in the College Terms and Conditions) the Master to consent on their behalf to the pupil receiving emergency medical treatment recommended by a doctor (including general or local anaesthetic, an operation or blood transfusion (unless you have previously notified us that you object to blood transfusions).
Also, should it be necessary for the College to arrange for your child to see a doctor, it will be the parents’ responsibility to ensure that their child(ren) has adequate insurance or pay for the medical cost.
Medical disclosure
Throughout the pupil’s time as a member of the College, the nurse shall have the right to disclose confidential information about the pupil if it is considered to be in the pupil’s interests or necessary for the protection of other members of the College community. Such information will be given and received on a confidential, ‘need to know’ basis.
Allergy and food policy
The College recognises that, although most food intolerances produce uncomfortable symptoms, some people can suffer a severe food allergy with more serious and potentially life-threatening. Several pupils in the school have severe or moderate allergies to a range of foods and substances. The school, therefore, strives to maintain a nut-free environment and aims to ensure that none of the food provided, served or purchased within the school contains nuts.
The school kitchen does not serve nut-based foods or use nut oils in any of its food preparations. If parents are sending food into school, they should read the ingredient labels fully before sending in any item. If you send birthday cakes etc. which will be shared with other children, you accept responsibility for the contents and will be required to provide bakery and ingredient information at the main gate before the item can be taken into school.
As with any large institution, it is impossible to monitor 100% of foods on-site at all times. At special events attended by pupils or with foods potentially served on school trips, this becomes increasingly difficult. Therefore, discretion is advised to all pupils and families to monitor what they eat on the occasions where the school cannot guarantee 100% food safety.
Exclusion from school
Some pupils have medical conditions that make them vulnerable to infections that are rarely serious to most children. Parents should always keep the College updated with any health issues regarding their child(ren). Pupils with a potentially infectious disease should not attend school to avoid cross-infection. Pupils suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting or a fever of 37.3° C or above, need to be kept at home for an additional 48 hours after their last episode. Otherwise, a doctor’s certification that rules out the possibility of infectious diseases will be required.
Please make sure you notify the school about any infectious disease in time.
