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First aid training providers are concerned that the sector is being misled by local authorities into believing that they can only access paediatric first aid training which is approved by their own local authority.

It is a requirement of the Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements that at least one practitioner trained in first aid is on the premises at all times. Currently first aid training has to have local authority approval, but this does not mean that providers are restricted to the training approved by their own local authority.

A spokeswoman for one training company said, ‘We understand that many authorities are advising that in order to meet the requirements of the EYFS, childcare providers must access training offered by the authority in which they are based. For many this has removed all choice which we believe is unfair and restrictive.’

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