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The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is running a series of free half day training workshops during February and March 2012. These will provide practical support and knowledge and skills development for stakeholders with an interest in child accident prevention and in the commissioning of relevant services and projects.

The Safe Network is holding a regional seminar in Preston on safeguarding to support the voluntary, community and faith sector.

A serious case review (SCR) following the death of a two year-old from a hot water scald has prompted a safety campaign warning parents of the danger of burns when bathing children.

Kristiana Logina died after being scalded by a shower in February 2010 in Harborne, Birmingham.

The SCR states the cause of death as 'untreated burns resulting in septicemia'. Her mother Eva Longina and her ex-partner Rashpal Chana were jailed in November 2011 following the incident, because they did not seek appropriate medical treatment.

The King's Fund has a free monthly bulletin containing the latest news, policy developments and guidance around health and wellbeing boards.

Health and well-being boards are key places where accident prevention strategies and programmes can be developed.

The statutory health and wellbeing boards will bring together the key NHS, public health and social care leaders in each local authority area to work in partnership. Core members will be:

Hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries in under 18s have been confirmed as one of the public health indicators as part of the new Public Health Outcomes Framework for England, 2013 – 2016.

This is an important and welcomed step for those working in child injury prevention as the indicator will be a lever for professionals to plan and deliver programmes and initiatives which prevent accidents to children.

The framework focuses on two high level outcomes for the public health system:

Draft statutory guidance for health and wellbeing boards and their partners in developing joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and health and wellbeing strategies has been published by the Department of Health (DH).

The draft guidance follows the publication of JSNAs and joint health and wellbeing strategies explained by DH in December 2011.

We've updated the Making the Link site with a number of new resources to help you in your child accident prevention work.

CAPT's Making the Link project aims to encourage partnership working between senior practitioners and policymakers in child accident prevention.

Researchers have found that the burden of injury is 2.6 times higher than previously thought.

The burden of injury – quantifying the impact injury has on an individual who is injured and on society– has been calculated as part of new research by Swansea University led by Ronan Lyons.

The research entitled 'Measuring the Population Burden of Injuries—Implications for Global and National Estimates: A Multi-centre Prospective UK Longitudinal Study' analyses a variety of types of accident data.

The Future Forum has written to the Secretary of State with the forum’s interim recommendations on the proposed health reforms which includes public health.

The forum's remit is to look specifically at the NHS's role in improving the public's health rather than the operation of the new public health system, however the letter restates some relevant broad principles for the area of public health pertinent for those working in child injury prevention.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has created an online knowledge hub for those working in local government so that professionals can share knowledge and information online.

Users can share documents online, join online groups relevant to their work area and take part in online chats.

The site is open to anyone with an interest in local government to register.