RoSPA Press Office : Press Releases : Home Safety

High-tech gifts flooding into UK homes this Christmas will bring new accident problems to add to the traditional perils faced by families during the festive season. RoSPA estimates up to 80,000 people will go to hospital after accidents over the Christmas break. Along with the usual trips over toys, candle fires and burns from turkey fat will be a growing number of accidents with computers and other state-of-the-art gadgets. Full Story»

Thousands of families will gamble with their safety over the next few days by failing to plan back-garden firework displays properly, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents warned today. Hastily prepared bonfire parties are the ones most likely to end in disaster, RoSPA said. Out of 972 firework accidents last year, 421 happened at family or private parties. Full Story»

High-tech gifts flooding into UK homes this Christmas will bring new accident problems to add to the traditional perils faced by families during the festive season. RoSPA estimates up to 80,000 people will go to hospital after accidents over the Christmas break. Along with the usual trips over toys, candle fires and burns from turkey fat will be a growing number of accidents with computers and other state-of-the-art gadgets. Full Story»

A ten-point plan to make all new UK houses considerably safer for less than £700 will be discussed at a national conference on Monday. Simple devices, which in the long term could be included in new building regulations and guidelines, would save lives and prevent thousands of injuries each year, according to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Full Story»

Thousands of families will gamble with their safety over the next few days by failing to plan back-garden firework displays properly, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents warned today. Hastily prepared bonfire parties are the ones most likely to end in disaster, RoSPA said. Out of 972 firework accidents last year, 421 happened at family or private parties. Full Story»

Builders and developers will be urged to design homes with safety in mind at a Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents congress in November. RoSPA’s national home safety congress, Safety by Design, will be held at the Moat House Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, November 12-13. Full Story»

Mowing the lawn will mean a short cut to hospital for thousands of gardeners this summer. The lawnmower tops the RoSPA list of 10 most dangerous gardening tools – and is likely to lead to a bumper crop of accidents this Bank Holiday weekend. Full Story»

Malcolm Chisholm, Scottish Executive Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care, will urge safety professionals at a conference tomorrow to work together in a bid to reduce the high number of accidents in Scotland’s homes. According to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, nearly 1,000 people a day seek medical treatment in Scotland after suffering an accident in the home, and more than 20,000 are hospitalised each year. Full Story»

The pain and misery caused by the devastating effects of home accidents could be reduced if buildings and domestic products were designed with safety in mind, according to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Every day ten people are killed in the UK as a result of an accident in the home and more than 8,000 seek medical assistance. Full Story»

Around 1,000 people a day seek medical treatment in Scotland after suffering an accident in the home and more than 20,000 are hospitalised each year, warns The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. In a bid to raise awareness of the problem and address home safety issues, RoSPA is holding a conference later this month to encourage professionals to work together. Full Story»