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Car seat safety

A handy guide about car seat safety for parents and carers has been created by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Best Start team.

The guide gives lots of advice and tips for placing a child in a car seat, plus links to videos and information from other organisations such as the Lullaby Trust and RoSPA.

Click this link to download the car seat safety leaflet

Here are some useful links:

RoSPA extended rearward facing child car seats

RoSPA guide to choosing the right car seat

Which car seat should I pick? (RoSPA)

Car seats and SIDS (Lullaby Trust)

Car seat factsheet (Lullaby Trust)

Does your child pass the 5-step test? (Britax)

Video rear facing vs forward facing

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-19 years called Parentline. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 4.30pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a public health practitioner within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens.

Parents and carers of children aged 0-19:
text
07520619919

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

This page was last reviewed on 07-11-2024

This page will be next reviewed on 07-11-2027

Car seat safety

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