Netherlee Nursery Class

1. To keep children safe and healthy, the service should ensure medication is audited, stored, and administered appropriately. The service's medication policy and processes should be updated in line with the current health guidance 'Management of Medication in Day care and Childminding Services'. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'Any treatment or intervention that I experience is safe and effective' (HSCS 1.24).

2. To ensure that all children have high quality play opportunities which support them to have fun, learn, and develop, the service should ensure that the play opportunities offered inspires curiosity and challenge for all the children. This is to ensure that all children have access to high quality play resources and opportunities throughout their day. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I can direct my own play and activities in the way that I choose, and freely access a wide range of experiences and resources suitable, to my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learning and creativity' (HSCS 2.27).

1. To ensure that children receive responsive care and support, management must make appropriate notifications to the Care Inspectorate when notifiable events occur. Management should refer to best practice guidance, ‘Early learning and childcare services: Guidance on records you must keep and notifications you must make’. This will support the service to identify events that require to be reported to the Care Inspectorate. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards which state: "I benefit from different organisations working together and sharing information about me promptly where appropriate, and I understand how my privacy and confidentiality are respected" (HSCS 4.18).

1. Management, should ensure that all areas within the nursery are being cleaned and maintained to the highest standards, and to support good infection prevention and control practices. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: "I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy and well-maintained premises, furnishings and equipment" (HSCS 5.24).