Allergy training for Victorian teachers

Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:03

Training on anaphylaxis management in Victorian schools and childcare centres is set to become mandatory, with Premier Bracks promising legislation surrounding the education of teachers and childcare workers.

This legislation in Victoria will mean that there will be minimum standards of care for children at risk of anaphylaxis from preschool right through secondary school in both the private and public sectors.  Up to 70,000 teachers and child-care workers would be trained under the proposal, which Labor says will cost $2.1 million over five years.  Click here for more information.