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flag Starting September 2026, all English schools must stock adrenaline pens, train staff on allergies, and create healthcare plans for students with conditions, following a child’s fatal allergic reaction.

flag Starting September 2026, all schools in England must stock adrenaline pens, provide mandatory allergy training for staff, and create individual healthcare plans for students with medical conditions, under new statutory guidelines. flag The measures, driven by advocacy following the 2021 death of five-year-old Benedict Blythe from an anaphylactic reaction at school, aim to prevent fatal allergic reactions and ensure schools are better prepared. flag The rules respond to findings that many schools lacked basic allergy safeguards, including emergency medication and formal policies, and come amid broader efforts to improve school food safety and support children with allergies.

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