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Social workers will routinely go into new parents’ homes to check for dangers such as staircases and sharp table edges, under ‘intrusive’ plans drawn up by safety campaigners.
They argue that the hour-long visits could prevent thousands of serious injuries every year – but critics believe they would be an invasion of privacy.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) wants all new parents to have their homes checked for hazards, saying a two-year pilot in which social workers and volunteers visited more than 300,000 families reduced accidents.
Public Health Minister Anna Soubry welcomed RoSPA’s Safe at Home project, saying it had shown ‘great results’.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mily-home-bid-prevent-accidents-children.html