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Food Safety: Heating, Cooling and Storage

The Food Standards Agency estimates the number of food poisoning cases in the UK to be around five million people each year. Food poisoning varies from mild stomachache to extremely…

What to do: Choking Facts and Prevention

Children are naturally inquisitive and get to know the world by using their senses – including touch and taste. It may be part of the learning process to put things…

Video: Choking Infant Birth to One

We produced this short video in association with St John Ambulance to clarify the information provided in our articles about choking in children. The video is free to watch –…

First Aid: Choking

A foreign object that is stuck at the back of the throat may block the throat or cause muscular spasm. Young children especially are prone to choking. A child may…

Video: Infant Recovery Position

Video: Child Car Seat Safety

Video Transcript Hi there, I’m Lisa Scott and Halton Council’s Road Safety Officer. I’m here on behalf of SafeKids.co.uk to talk about child seat safety. The law with regards to…

Child Rescue Alert

The Child Rescue Alert initiative was launched in 2006 by the UK Police National Missing Persons Bureau. The Alert system works by posting immediate newsflashes – sometimes breaking into television…

Video: Common Problems with Child Car Seats

Video Transcript Hi there, I’m Lisa Scott and I’m the Road Safety Officer for Halton Borough Council, and I’m here today on behalf of SafeKids.co.uk to talk about the problems…

Common Behaviour Problems in Children

Children’s behaviour is naturally varied. All children can be on their best behaviour, and all children can be on their worst behaviour at different times. Most parents expect the Terrible…

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