I get that it’s annoying but a nursery couldn’t operate without doing this. They have fixed overheads and staff are rotaed well in advance to keep child:adult ratios and by their nature illnesses are unexpected and sudden so not possible to provide enough notice to change this. It really sucks and is yet another hurdle for working parents but it’s not as if the nursery are profiteering from it as they still have to pay their staff and overheads.How on earth do they charge you days they don't have the child?! I never stop to be amazed reading here.
(Profit is another problem and why we deserve a nationalised/universal provision but hey ho).