As part of the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Medical Management Policy (2023), it is the College’s responsibility to ensure that the care, safety and welfare of all students is in accordance with the State and Commonwealth laws. Furthermore, parents are required to keep staff at Loyola informed about the following:

• Updated advice related to any health care needs for your child and personalised care needs in a timely manner prior to all excursions and camps to allow appropriate arrangements to be made.

• Parents of children with existing Medical Management Plans and Student Health Plans are provided with a regular reminder of the requirement to provide the school with any updates/changes to their child’s health care needs, support needs or medication requirements.

• Parents of children with existing completed Medication Authority forms are provided with a regular reminder of the requirement to provide the school with any updates/changes to their child’s health care needs, support needs or medication requirements.

Medical Authority Form

Loyola College Activities Week (March 4 -8) is approaching. It is important that parents and students are aware that Panadol and other medicines CANNOT be administered to students without permission from a registered AHPRA medical practitioner. Should parents require staff to administer medication, they must complete a completed Medical Authority Form (MAF) signed by a medical practitioner. Without a signed MAF staff are NOT permitted to administer or give permission to students to self-administer any medication. The Medical Authority Form is also required if a student needs to take a medication that they may normally take at home such as tablets for hay fever, travel sickness or Ritalin tablets.

Student Support Health Plans

For students with diagnosed conditions such as Asthma, Anaphylaxis and Diabetes, parents must ensure that an up to date Student Support Health Plan is submitted to the College.

Please note that it is important that all MAF and SHSP are handed in to First Aid or the relevant camp leader (see below) well in advance of the trip. For Activities Week we would request that this information is given to the relevant member of staff by 9.00am on Wednesday 28th February at the latest.

Should you have any queries prior to Activities Week, please make with the relevant person:

The following forms/policies are available on the College website, Policies and Publications (Care Safety & Welfare of Students) and the parent portal. Parents are asked to print and complete the relevant form and return it to camp convenor when complete.

• Medical Authority Form (MAF)           Student Health Support plan (SHSP)

Other relevant information includes available on the website includes:

• Anaphylaxis Policy                               MACS Medical Management Policy

• Administration of Medication Policy-School Policy.

Alison Leutchford, Acting Principal

Paul Toney, Deputy Principal Staff and compliance