It's every parent or nursery worker's worst nightmare - a child in your care falls off a bike, topples down the stairs, or wriggles off the changing table and hurts his or her head. Fortunately most such mishaps result in no more than a bit of a bump or bruise. But for around 15,000 children every year who suffer brain injury as a result of an accident, the consequences can be far, far worse.
Three years ago a report by the Commons Health Select Committee found head injury to be the leading cause of death and disability in children and young people. With more children owning bikes, traffic getting heavier and road accidents on the increase, the problem is getting steadily worse.
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