Mr. Andy Pike:

Infection control is an ongoing issue for special needs assistants in terms of the provision of intimate care, so good hand washing and a good standard of hand hygiene is something that needs to be maintained by that staff group on a permanent basis. If hand sanitisation remains in schools, it will assist that. There is no doubt it brings with it its own problems of supply and funding but as a public health measure, it should be supported on a more widespread basis.