Parents urged to send children to school even with tonsillitis

A new health guide, for parents urges them to send their children to school, even with tonsillitis or glandular fever.

The booklets, tells parents their children should take 'zero days off', even if they get contagious illnesses and conditions such as conjunctivitis, head lice and threadworms.

Parents were outraged by the guide when it stated children should only take five days off for chicken pox, whooping cough and mumps, and four days off for measles.

Father-of-two Gareth Whittle, from Cardiff, said, "I thought it was a joke. I think as parents we are responsible enough to know when and for how long we should keep our children away from school."

Another parent said, "There are no hard and fast rules when a child falls ill – but each child is

different and you get worse cases of mumps or chicken pox."

Governor at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School in South Wales, said, "When I had glandular fever I was too run down to function. I am inclined to trust the judgment of the parent or guardian."

Spokesman for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, said the advice was taken from the Health Protection Agency in conjunction with the Royal College of Paediatrics.

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