Kennedy review
"Preventing accidents to children and young people is everyone's responsibility." This is reflected in the breadth of work that touches on the topic.
Whether you work in schools, early years, health or housing, there will be some activity in your arena that relates to child accident prevention. Alongside specific policies, there are also programmes of work, national campaigns, regulations, and organisations that have a part to play in preventing childhood accidents.
Click on the headings to find out more about policy and campaigns on child accident prevention.
To view CAPT's responses to government consultations visit the consultation responses page.
Children and young people
In this section: - Reviews on child protection and safeguarding
- Key agencies tasked with protecting children
- Key policy initiatives around children
| Health and inequalities In this section: - Reviews on children's health
- Public Health Draft Outcomes Framework
- New NICE guidance on preventing unintentional injuries for under 15s
- Health policy initiatives for children
| Early years and parenting In this section: - Family Nurse Partnerships
- Sure Start Children's centres
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Schools In this section: - Healthy Schools Programme
- School nurses
- Personal, Social and Health education (PSHE)
- Safety education with input from community partners
| Housing and home safety In this section: - Decent Homes programme
- Building regulations
- Home safety information
- Home safety equipment
| Road safety In this section - 'Think! campaign
- Strategic Framework for Road Safety
- Tomorrow's Roads: Safer for Everyone
- Taking Stock and Moving Forward
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Fire safety In this section: - Local fire prevention initiatives
- Fire Kills' campaign
- Fire Futures Review
| Consumer safety In this section: - General Product Safety regulations
- Specific regulations
- Consumer safety product research
- Local Trading Standards work
| Data and statistics In this section: - Public health observatories
- Hospital episode statistics
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