Calls for Tougher Regulation of Trampoline Parks

A hospital audit has found that children are suffering worse injuries at public trampoline parks than when using trampolines in private gardens.

Data reveals that in 2017, ambulances were called out to 1,181 incidents at trampoline parks across England – more than three a day.

Sheffield Children's Hospital conducted an audit and found that children hurt at parks required "more treatment" than those injured on trampolines at home. Although there are no safety regulations aimed specifically at trampoline parks, a voluntary standard was published in 2017.

Now an industry body has said it would "not be averse" to more regulation of the sector.

Over six months, Sheffield Children's Hospital counted 198 patients with trampoline-related injuries. It found that 44% of those treated for injuries sustained at parks had suffered fractures, compared to 36% for home trampolines.

Dr Catherine Rimmer, paediatric emergency medicine consultant at the hospital, said:

"There are a lot of trampoline parks that seem to be popping up all over the place that are neither regulated nor abide by basic safety precautions.

"I think the bigger parks are far better, but I know anyone can open a trampoline park in any kind of big open space and they're the ones parents need to be particularly careful of."

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