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Allergy pens: DfE looks at ‘sponsorship’ route to help schools

Ministers launch market engagement with adrenaline auto-injector providers to help with affordability

Samantha Booth

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Ministers are looking to private sponsors to make it easier for schools to buy life-saving “spare” allergy pens, as required under new landmark guidance.

Under the statutory allergy guidance, schools will be required to stock adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) for use in emergency situations.

It follows campaigns to improve allergy safety after the death of five-year-old Benedict Blythe, who died from an anaphylactic reaction at his school in Lincolnshire in December 2021.

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