The strategy for England, published today by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), says continual training on accident prevention for early years practitioners to ensure they are up-to-date with best practice and emerging safety issues is vital in preventing injuries in the home – where young children are most at risk of accidental injury.
According to RoSPA, between 2013-2016, the main cause of accident-related deaths in the under-fives was threats to breathing including suffocation, strangulation and choking.
The national strategy, which has been developed by a wide range of partners including Public Health England and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, seeks to address the rising numbers of accidental deaths among children and adults in England, and the toll they place on health and social care services, as well as personal heartache.
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