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Neil Shaw

Number of children needing medical treatment due to violence rises by nearly 80%

The number of children aged 10 and under needing medical treatment due to violence rose by nearly 80% last year, research suggests.

A report on data from 88 emergency departments in England and Wales, around a quarter of the total, suggested that the number of cases involving children aged zero to 10 rose by 79.6% in 2022 compared with the previous year.

There were an estimated 2,766 cases in 2022, compared with 1,540 in 2021, the researchers from Cardiff University’s Violence Research Group found.

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