PARENTS, carers and grandparents are being urged to "Take Time for Safety" this week (June 1-7) as part of Child Safety Week.
Every year over 1,000 children in Somerset are admitted to hospital as a result of injuries caused by accidents such as slips, scolds and eating inedible household items.
Almost half these injuries (46%) a result of falls.
Trudi Grant, director of Public Health at Somerset County Council said: “As part of Child Safety Week, we are launching our Somerset Home Safety Project directed at the most vulnerable children living in Taunton, Wellington and Sedgemoor in partnership with Somerset and Devon Fire and Rescue, Family Focus and getset.
"This includes installing home safety equipment to help keep babies and young children safe, fire safety checks and home safety advice to help make safety behaviour become a habit."
Somerset ‘getset’ Centres will be on hand to give families advice based on the Child Safety Week 2015 ‘Tea-time Terrors’ theme, often the time of day when pressures on parents and carers are at their peak.
An action pack of information is also available online giving accident prevention advice - childsafetyweek.org.uk/ More information on how to prevent accidents in home is available from capt.org.uk/safety-advice and facebook.com/ChildAccidentPreventionTrust and view the Safety at Teatime - Top Tips.
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