subject: Accidents At School - Is It Time For Common Sense To Replace Red Tape? [print this page] Accidents At School - Is It Time For Common Sense To Replace Red Tape?
Finding a middle ground. Whatever the outcome of Lord Young's proposals, the issue of child safety while under the care of professionals such as teachers and youth workers remains a contentious one. Parents want to feel safe in the knowledge that their children are as safe as possible without imposing too many restrictions on their normal activities. Carers, teachers and officials are still concerned at the prospect of being sued for personal injury. It is to be hoped that a common 'middle ground' can be found where those who have been injured get the compensation they deserve without the climate of fear imposing too many draconian health and safety issues on what should be the best years of a child's life.
