2 March 2012
The Department of Health (DH) is developing a new Children and Young People’s Outcomes Strategy in order to improve children’s health.
21 February 2012
CAPT is running a series of free, half-day master classes, funded by the Department for Education in London on 29 and 30 March 2012 on how to foster partnership working to help keep children safe from serious accidental injury.
21 February 2012
CAPT is delighted to present this one day, free road safety seminar, funded by the Department for Transport taking place in London on 22 March 2012. The event is also supported by the Association of Directors of Public Health and Road Safety GB.
31 January 2012
The Safe Network is holding a regional seminar in Preston on safeguarding to support the voluntary, community and faith sector.
31 January 2012
A serious case review (SCR) following the death of a two year-old from a hot water scald has prompted a safety campaign warning parents of the danger of burns when bathing children.
31 January 2012
The King's Fund has a free monthly bulletin containing the latest news, policy developments and guidance around health and wellbeing boards.
25 January 2012
Hospital admissions caused by unintentional and deliberate injuries in under 18s have been confirmed as one of the public health indicators as part of the new Public Health Outcomes Framework for England, 2013 – 2016.
25 January 2012
Draft statutory guidance for health and wellbeing boards and their partners in developing joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and health and wellbeing strategies has been published by the Department of Health (DH).
17 January 2012
We've updated the Making the Link site with a number of new resources to help you in your child accident prevention work. CAPT's Making the Link project aims to encourage partnership working between senior practitioners and policymakers in child accident prevention.
13 December 2011
Researchers have found that the burden of injury is 2.6 times higher than previously thought.
The burden of injury – quantifying the impact injury has on an individual who is injured and on society– has been calculated as part of new research by Swansea University led by Ronan Lyons.
The research entitled 'Measuring the Population Burden of Injuries—Implications for Global and National Estimates...
The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is the UK's leading charity working to reduce the number of children and young people killed, disabled or seriously injured in accidents.