Swim club calls for more school water safety lessons

• New Water Safety Forum launching in UK schools from autumn to improve water safety education across primary and secondary settings
• Initiative addresses gap in current school water safety provision, with potential implications for reducing drowning risk in young people
• Doctors may be asked to support school health promotion efforts or treat preventable water-related injuries that better education could mitigate

From the autumn a new Water Safety Forum is being introduced to primary and secondary schools.

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