Pharmacy Daily | DISPENSARY CORNER 20 Nov 15

The makers of LEGO have come up with an innovative solution to reduce parental injury from the iconic construction toy. Based on the strong likelihood that when checking on a child in the dark your bare foot will naturally land painfully right on top of a lurking brick, the company has created special LEGO-proof slippers. Equipped with a padded sole to soften the blow, the slippers are free to the first 1500 customers to create a wish-list on the Lego France website. OH&S gone crazy. A seven-year-old blind girl has been told that she can’t use her white cane at her Bristol school because of the danger it poses to teachers and other schoolchildren - yes really, according to the UK Telegraph. Hambrook Primary School student Lily-Grace Hooper had suffered a stroke at just four days old, robbing her of eyesight almost completely. She was given a long fibre-glass walking cane by Common Sense Cane, a charity for blind children earlier this year and has become more successfully independent with the tool. 98% of people commenting on the Telegraph article considered the decision to be an example of health and safety gone mad.

---

The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 20 Nov 15
To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 20 Nov 15