Childhood injuries (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

High level priorities

  • Commissioners should ensure that childhood injury prevention in written into future contracts for health & social care services that work with families.
  • Work should be undertaken to standardise the targeted support offered to families identified as being at risk based on evidence.
  • Further work should be done to explore the cost effectiveness of providing free or discounted home safety equipment to those families deemed most at risk based on the latest evidence.
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