This morning, The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) warned of a “crisis of patient safety” as they released figures from a recent survey, indicating that nearly two-thirds of emergency departments had ambulances queuing to transfer patients every day. The survey, w...

A series of online strength and balance sessions for people in later life are being arranged to tackle falls – a leading cause of fatal and serious accidents in the home – as part of a partnership between the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and insurer...

In response to today’s announcement from Secretary of State for Health Matt Hancock on the “Prevention is Better than Cure” vision, Errol Taylor, RoSPA’s chief executive, said: “We are delighted to hear that the government is finally beginning to place prevention at the hear...

Preventing falls among older people in Liverpool is the aim of a slipper swap and new advice booklet, which are being launched this week and are supported by national accident prevention charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).    Liverpool C...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling on employers to make a real difference to people’s lives on World Day for Safety and Health at Work, by taking part in our free Fall Fighter initiative.   Every April 28, the International Labour Organ...

The most serious accident problem affecting older people will be in the spotlight when Northern Ireland’s Home Accident Prevention Week begins on Monday. Accidental falls claimed the lives of 155 people across Northern Ireland in 2009, of whom two thirds (103) were aged 65 o...

Safety charity RoSPA has launched a new campaign to highlight the devastating impacts that workplace accidents and ill health can have – #OSHtober. The inaugural #OSHtober has been raising awareness of falls from height, which affect thousands of workers and their employees ...

Yesterday, during the second-reading of the Government’s Building Safety Bill, Conservative MP Paul Maynard called for an amendment in support of RoSPA’s safer stairs campaign, which will save countless lives if it is brought into law.   RoSPA is campaigning for the most u...

A new hard-hitting campaign highlighting the long-term, life-changing impact that falls can have on family and friends has been launched by The Ladder Association and The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) ahead of the Easter weekend. Falls from height are...

Tufty Fluffytail, the iconic and much-loved red squirrel who was instrumental in helping millions of children to learn about road safety from the 1950s-1990s, is celebrating his 65th birthday. Created in 1953 by Elsie Mills MBE, who worked on child safety initiatives at the ...