General safety information

Home Safety and Accident Prevention

Child Accident Prevention Trust: Safety advice Archives – Child Accident Prevention Trust (capt.org.uk)

NHS baby and toddler safety: Baby and toddler safety – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

NSPCC Keeping children safe: Keeping children safe | NSPCC

How-to-reduce-unintentional-injuries-in-children-under-5: Institute of Health Visiting

https://ihv.org.uk/families/top-tips/

There is a parent home safety checklist here:

Take Action Checklist for Parent

Safety home and away

Burns and scalds

Burns-and-scalds: Institute of Health Visiting

Button batteries

Button batteries in so many household items. Sometimes they can be very easy for a child to get hold of – for example when in musical greetings cards. They are significantly dangerous for a child. If you think your child may have swallowed a button battery you must seek emergency medical care via 999.

Button Batteries – Child Accident Prevention Trust (capt.org.uk)

Hidden danger in your home: button batteries and powerful magnets – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Car travel safety

Child car seats: the law: Using a child car seat or booster seat – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Choosing & Using | Child Car Seats

Car seats and SIDS – The Lullaby Trust

Dog bites & pet safety

Close supervision of children and dogs is key. For practical tips to ensure children and dogs can live safely together read: Dogs and Children | Top tips to keep them safe and happy together (capt.org.uk)

Make sure you know how to be dog safe:

Be alert – always keep an eye on children around dogs
Be aware – dogs use signals to tell us how they feel
Be safe – any dog can bite, accidents can happen fast

Teach your child to leave your dog alone when they are:

Sleeping
Eating
Playing with a toy

Child-safety-around-dogs-fact-sheet-2023.pdf (capt.org.uk)

Follow the #DogSafety code: https://cfsg.org.uk/dog-safety/

Animal and human bites – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Drowning

Drowning – Child Accident Prevention Trust (capt.org.uk) – Small children mostly drown at home in the bath or in the garden, in just a few centimetres of water. They can drown quickly and quietly.