Staying safe at home

More accidents happen at home than anywhere else. Every year over two million children are taken to A&E due to accidents in the home. The most common ones are:

  • Burns: hair straighteners, ovens, naked flames
  • Scalds: hot drinks, bath water
  • Falls: stairs, windows, beds sofas
  • Poisoning: medication, cleaning products
  • Suffocation: pillows, cot bumpers, blocked airways, nappy sacks.
  • Strangulation: blind/curtain cords & clothing
  • Drowning: bath, padding pool & buckets.

Further information available at RoSPA  - https://www.rospa.com/Home-Safety/Advice/Safe-At-Home

What you can do

Top tips:

  • Don’t leave your baby or toddler on their own inside or outside the home.
  • Don’t leave your baby on a bed or raised surface - they may have learned to roll when you weren’t looking.
  • Change your baby’s nappy on the floor. Keep nappy sacks out of reach. 
  • Lock cleaning products and medicines out of reach.
  • Fit stair gates, door and cupboard locks, and check other safety equipment is in good condition. Fit blind cord shorteners.
  • Check toys are safe for your baby’s age and have the lion mark and the European CE sign to indicate they are safe and high quality.
  • Empty paddling pools, baths and always supervise children in or around water.
  • Keep hazards out of reach – button cell batteries, hair straightener’s, hot drinks etc .

For advice and safety equipment for families with children aged 0-5 please contact: www.safeathomecip.org.uk

Who can help?

For advice and safety equipment for families with children aged 0-5 please contact: www.safeathomecip.org.uk

Further information is available at RoSPA : https://www.rospa.com/Home-Safety/Advice/Safe-At-Home

 

Staying safe: local contacts

  • Bedfordshire

    In an emergency, call 999.

    For parents

    Text Bedfordshire Parentline on 07507 331456 to talk to a health visitor about keeping your child safe at home.

    Contact the Bedfordshire multi-agency safeguarding hub if you have a concern about a child:

    Office hours: 01234 718700

    Out of hours: 0300 300 8123

    Contact the 24 hour domestic abuse helpline: 0808 2000 247

    For children and young people

    Children aged 11-19 can text ChatHealth for advice from a school nurse on 07507 331450.

    If you’re a child or young person, you can call Childline on 0800 1111 or talk to a Childline advisor online here.

     

  • Luton

    In an emergency, call 999.

    For parents

    Contact the Luton multi-agency safeguarding hub if you have a concern about a child on 01582 547653

    You can also call our duty health visitor on 0333 405 0087 (from 9-5),  or you can also come along to our drop in clinics to speak to a health visitor: https://www.flyingstartluton.com/child-health-clinic/

     

     

    For children and young people

    Children aged 11-19 can text ChatHealth for advice from a school nurse on 07507 331450.

    If you’re a child or young person, you can call Childline on 0800 1111 or talk to a Childline advisor online here.

     


    Our duty health visitor on 0333 405 0087 (from 9-5),  or you can also come along to our drop in clinics to speak to a health visitor: https://www.flyingstartluton.com/child-health-clinic/
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