28 June 2012
A two-year-old girl tragically has died after falling from the fourth floor of a block of flats in Sheffield.
25 June 2012
We are delighted to invite you to the latest in this series of events – a master class on public health commissioning and child accident prevention for the under 5s.The event will focus on the implications of the proposed split in responsibility for commissioning children’s public health services, set out in The White Paper - Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in...
13 June 2012
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation on the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance.
12 June 2012
Liz Richardson, Paediatric Liaison Health Visitor at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, reviews a new book on child accident prevention by David H Stone - Injury Prevention in Children: a primer for students and practitioners.
11 June 2012
New guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) sets out minimum standards for the care and treatment of children and young people in emergency care settings.
11 June 2012
Childhood burns and scalds are hugely costly for the NHS - treating a simple cup of tea scald costs £2,000 per child. Dr Amber Young, Prevention Lead for the British Burn Association, argues that we need to invest more in accident prevention.
11 June 2012
It's the last week before Child Safety Week 2012 and we're urging practitioners to use the week to raise families’ awareness, forge partnerships and put child accident prevention on the local agenda.
The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is the UK's leading charity working to reduce the number of children and young people killed, disabled or seriously injured in accidents.