(UK) Parents ask Parliament for school support for kids with diabetes, asthma, epilepsy

Oct 27, 2017, (UK) Essex Echo News: Mum demands better care for sick children at school http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15622452.Mum_demands_better_care_for_sick_children_at_school/ A mum is backing a campaign calling for improved support in schools for children and young people with long-term medical conditions. Ann Marie Waite, 52, from Westcliff, travelled to Westminster with more than 100 children and parents to attend a special event in Parliament calling for better support in schools for children with medical conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, asthma and epilepsy. … The Alliance’s Safe in School campaign is calling on ministers to take action to improve support in school for children with medical conditions. The Alliance says that children with medical conditions are being put at risk because many schools don’t know how to include them safely in all aspects of school life. …