Nursery World - Building laws to stop child burns

Child safety organisations have endorsed Government proposals to reduce the number of injuries from scalding water. The Government said last week that, following campaigning by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), it was proposing bringing water temperature safety within the scope of building regulations in England and Wales. This would ensure that thermostatic mixing valves were fixed to bath taps to control the temperature of water coming out of showers and hot taps to baths and basins in all new or converted private housing by 2006.

The Government said last week that, following campaigning by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), it was proposing bringing water temperature safety within the scope of building regulations in England and Wales. This would ensure that thermostatic mixing valves were fixed to bath taps to control the temperature of water coming out of showers and hot taps to baths and basins in all new or converted private housing by 2006.

Government minister Phil Hope said he believed it was 'now practical to consider bringing the issue within the scope of building control'. Katrina Phillips, CAPT chief executive, said she was delighted with the move.

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