Nursery World - Training Today: First Aid

The Government has announced plans for a new law requiring
nurseries to train more practitioners in first aid. Ruth Stokes looks at
the practical implications, and how to prepare.

In 2012, nine-month old Millie Thompson (right) choked to death while being fed shepherd's pie at nursery. At the inquest, her mother Joanne said: 'All we want to know is how this happened and to make sure that this never happens to anyone else ever again.'

millie-thompson The verdict was misadventure, with none of the staff at Ramillies Hall School and Nursery, Manchester, singled out for blame. But since then, Ms Thompson and husband Dan have set up Millie's Trust, a charity providing first aid education and training, and launched a petition calling for all nursery practitioners to be first-aid trained. The petition was signed by more than 100,000 people.

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