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It is a specific legal requirement of the Early Years Foundation Stage that:

"Providers must have a first aid box with appropriate content to meet the needs of children."

Also one of the expectations of first aid training is that it covers appropriate content for your first aid box. Ofsted consider that you must provide and have available the proper materials and equipment which should be clearly labelled, secured away from children and easily accessible by the carer. Additional first-aid equipment may be needed for sports activities or high risk activities.

There is no mandatory list of items for a first-aid container, however the Health and Safety Executive website provides some helpful guidance on the minimum provision of first-aid items where there is no special risk identified. This is not specific to childcare and providers may need to make further provisions.

The HSE website states:

There is no standard list of items to put in a first-aid box. It depends on what you assess the needs are. However, as a guide, and where there is no special risk in the workplace, a minimum stock of first-aid items would be:

a leaflet giving general guidance on first aid, eg HSE leaflet: Basic Advice on First Aid At Work;
20 individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings (assorted sizes);
two sterile eye pads;
four individually wrapped triangular bandages (preferably sterile);
six safety pins;
six medium-sized (approximately 12 cm x 12 cm) individually wrapped sterile unmedicated wound dressings;
two large (approximately 18 cm x 18 cm) sterile individually wrapped unmedicated wound dressings;
one pair of disposable gloves.
You should not keep tablets or medicines in the first-aid box.