Scotland ... year of safety

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Scotland dedicates 2010 as Year of Home Safety

Launched on 3 February and co-ordinated by Home Safety Scotland (HSS), the initiative aims to raise awareness of the major causes of accidents in the home, and promote the fact that small changes in behaviour and the home environment can have a significant impact on the risk of accidental death and injury.

HSS, whose members include local authority home safety, community safety, health promotion, trading standards and environmental health officers, members of health boards, and representatives of private companies and charities, including RoSPA Scotland and the Electrical Safety Council have established a calendar of topics to act as a focus for its safety promotion:

• February – Falls
• March/April – Electrical equipment
• May/June – Burns and scalds
• July/August – Garden safety
• September/October – Carbon monoxide and other poisonings
• November/December - Christmas electrical safety

Nicola Butters, RoSPA Scotland’s home safety development officer, said: “In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in reducing the number of lives affected, and in the most serious cases torn apart, by home accidents. But the latest figures show more still needs to be done to reduce the suffering caused by accidents such as falls, burns and scalds and poisoning.”

More information: www.homesafetyscotland.org.uk

Information taken from the CAPT website

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