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Welcome to the DTI's Home Safety Network

Home accident deaths in the UK - 3,974 (1999 data)
Home accident injuries in the UK - 2.8 million (1999 data)

The Home Safety Network was launched in 2000 to help reduce the high toll of serious home accidents in the UK, and is intended to help inform safety professionals and the public of the hazards.

The Home Safety Network aims to bring together resources and publicity materials produced by DTI and others to provide information about research into related topics and about any events taking place around the country.

The intention is not to duplicate or compete with the excellent work already being carried out by other government departments, local authorities, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), Help the Aged and others, but rather to complement their work by providing a more inclusive framework which promotes more ‘joined-up’ and effective working in preventing accidents in the home.

Please use the menu on the left to navigate the site.

Modernisation Fund: FY 2003/04. Successful home safety projects for the final year of the Scheme were announced in March 2003. Please click here for more details and a full list of the 30 winning bids.

Other Government Departments

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for Fire Safety. Their Fire Kills! website contains a wealth of information and advice.

The Department of Health is active in the area of accident prevention and medicine safety. The NHS supported on-line Home Healthcare Guide has first aid advice. Also, the 999 Ambulance Service telephone operators are trained in giving first aid advice over the telephone including advice on choking.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has the lead in government in the area of medicines and medical products safety. 

Please contact us with your suggestions for inclusion and feedback on the site.

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Updated: 28 August 2003

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