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: - Public Health Outcomes Framework
- Marmot Review
- Child poverty strategy
- Health and wellbeing boards
| 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: - NICE guidance
- Building regulations
- Housing Health and Safety Rating System
- Product safety regulations
| Road safety In this section - Public health strategy and outcomes framework
- Strategic framework for road safety
- Safe, green and active agenda
- Inequalities
- European initiatives
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Fire safety In this section: - FireKills campaign
- Fire Futures Review
- Public Health Outcomes Framework
- Inequalities
- NICE guidance
- Fire and Rescue Services Act
| Consumer safety In this section: - General Product Safety regulations
- Specific regulations
- Consumer safety product research
- Local Trading Standards work
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