Reducing unintentional injuries in and around the home among children under five years.

Reducing unintentional injuries in and around the home among children under five years 2 About Public Health England Public Health England's mission is to protect and improve the nation's health and to address inequalities through working with national and local government, the NHS, industry and the voluntary and community sector. PHE is an operationally autonomous executive agency of the Department of Health. You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence v2.0. To view this licence, visit OGL or email [email protected]. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Reducing unintentional injuries in and around the home among children under five years 3 Contents About Public Health England 2 Contents 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 6 Key findings from the five-year study 7 Costs: the economic case for prevention 12 Key prevention opportunities 14 Four-step plan for local authorities and partnerships 18 Step one: where are we now? 18 Step two: where do we want to get to? 18 Step three: how are we going to get there? 18 Step four: how will we know when we have got there? 19 Key data to use 20 Case studies 21 Resources 21 Methodology 24 References 25 Reducing unintentional injuries in and around the home among children under five years 4 Executive summary Unintentional injuries a in and around the home are a leading cause of preventable death for children under five years and are a major cause of ill health and serious disability. Our analysis of the most recently available five years of data shows that each year approximately 60 children and young people died, 450,000 attended accident and emergency (A&E) and 40,000 were admitted to hospital as an emergency. This document sets out three action areas for local authorities and their partners that will reduce the numbers of children injured and killed. It also describes four steps local partnerships can take to build robust injury prevention strategies. This approach is informed by the evidence base and a new analysis of data, which we are making available alongside this report. It builds on what local authorities are already doing to keep children safer and healthier. The Chief Medical Officer has made a powerful economic case for preventing unintentional injuries. 1 This report highlights the need …