An Individual Healthcare Plan (IHCP) is for children and young people that have ongoing health care needs such as continence difficulties, medication administration, diabetes or epilepsy. If your child has health care needs they should have an IHCP whilst at their educational setting. An IHCP is different to an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or a SEN Support plan and should be used alongside either of these documents.
IHCPs should be written jointly between the educational placement, you, your child and the relevant health care professionals. It's important that the plan details what needs to be done, when it needs to be done and by who. The IHCP should then be reviewed annually or if there are any changes that need to be made.
The statutory guidance Supporting Pupils at school with a medical condition explains the duties on Governing bodies around health and medical conditions including the expectation that schools will have policies that cover IHCPs. Annexe A on page 28 of the guidance (PDF) includes a helpful flowchart of what the process should look like.