Posted By Zoe Barnett Hi Karen We've recently had a spate of fingers-in-doors in our schools, and the HSE asked what our response had been. They were satisfied with a letter we'd sent to schools reminding them of the need for risk assessment, supervision, and where necessary finger guards, although they did ask that we sent out some more guidance on the kind of thing that assessments should include. If you want to drop me your contact details I can put you in touch with a school that's installed some very expensive (but attractive) guards for their opinion on how effective they've been. Having said all that, one of the nastiest injuries reported to us was sustained by a little girl who caught her thumb in the latch side of the door, and two of the others were in secondary schools, so you'll never completely remove the risk. Hope this helps, regards, Zoe

Posted By Ken Taylor Hello again Karen, There are some good and some rather poor ones around. Self-adhesive that fall off, folded plastic that splits, etc. Talk to Carol Ainge of Kidrapt on http://www.childsafety.co.uk/. She is very helpful and has a range of child safety products. Ken