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04/08/2025

04/08/2025

**Blended Paediatric First Aid Courses**

We can now offer a blended version of our Paediatric First Aid (12-hour) course. This option is available for group bookings at your location. The first half of the course will be completed online, followed by a practical day of training at your location. Please click on the link below for further information. Please share this post with all who may be interested.
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Our Paediatric First Aid Courses are suitable for all Childcare Practitioners, Teachers and Non-teaching School staff. OFSTED & EYFS compliant courses.

16/07/2025

For all who require food safety training, please find the link to our online course below.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK THIS COURSE Cost per person: £20 + VAT Target Audience This Level 2 course is designed for all workers who handle, prepare and serve food. By ...

15/07/2025

Today we start another fully booked Paediatric First Aid (12hr) Course.
We are pleased to say that our courses comply fully with the requirements of the new EYFS standards, implemented from September. You can be confident that our certificate will be recognised by all regulatory bodies.

15/07/2025

A bit of light reading for all of our Early Years colleagues...

📣Just landed! The new Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework 2025. All new requirements will need to be followed from the 1st September 2025.

We will be posting the finalised changes once we have had chance to look at the framework in full.

Here's the link for both childminders and group and school based providers: 👇👇

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2?fbclid=IwY2xjawLh7m9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiokdxyX3W4df80uIs-Zt_yk6XEWspTJz4hCAdSwI09O0X2FnnRlG4zoPh8M_aem_aTzArGIzwDYbHICSrP3xRA

14/07/2025

Its a day of Epilepsy and rescue medication training. Today we are visiting three different clients to provide this training. Essential confidence building training for our learners.
Please get in touch if you have a training requirement, we would be delighted to help you with this.
Email: info@abcmedicalservices.co.uk

13/07/2025

** Blended Paediatric First Aid Courses **

For group bookings of our Paediatric First Aid 12hr Course, we are now able to offer a blended course of online and face to face training. You will be able to complete the first half of your course online in your own time and the second half face to face at your location.
For further details, please email: info@abcmedicalservices.co.uk

13/07/2025

Its the start of another 12hr Paediatric First Aid Course. Its going to be a warm one!! Its great to see learners opting to receive the dual qualification of Emergency First Aid at Work (covering adult casualties) as well as the Paediatric certificate. Two qualifications in one course!!

12/07/2025

PAEDIATRIC FIRST AID.

New EYFS wording under ‘Staff:child ratios’ (currently paragraph 3.49 of the group and school-based provider EYFS):

📌Suitable students on long term placements and volunteers (aged 17 or over) and staff working as apprentices in early education (aged 16 or over) may be included in the ratios at the level below their level of study, if the provider is satisfied that they are competent and responsible and if they hold a valid and current PFA qualification.

New EYFS wording under ‘Paediatric First Aid’ (currently paragraph 3.29 of the group and school-based provider EYFS and paragraph 3.34 of the childminder EYFS):

📌[Providers/Childminders] are responsible for identifying and selecting a competent training provider to deliver their PFA training. There is no hierarchy in relation to the range of Training
Providers who offer Paediatric First Aid training, however those who work under the following bodies are fully regulated: one that is a member of a Trade Body with an approval and monitoring scheme, the Voluntary Aid Societies and those who work under Ofqual Awarding organisations.

📌It may also be helpful to refer to HSE’s guidance about choosing a first aid training provider, which can be found at: 👇👇

https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/geis3.htm

12/07/2025

An Amber Heat Health Alert is now in place across the South Central region until 9am on Monday morning. Please help us reduce the risk of avoidable 999 emergencies by:

🥵Keeping out of the sun between 11am-3pm
🥵Exercise in cooler parts of the day - such as early morning or late evening
🥵Close curtains and windows in rooms facing the sun to keep rooms cool
🥵If you go outside, wear a hat, cool clothing and use sunscreen
🥵Drink plenty of fluids and limit alcoholic drinks

Find out how to spot the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heatstroke (and what to do about them) here on the NHS website: https://ow.ly/1UGc50WomO8