A Hatfield nurse has given her backing to a national child safety campaign - after her baby brother suffered burns when they were children.

Lisa Wood, 50, is supporting Child Safety Week, a nationwide campaign aimed at increasing education around the risks posed to children's safety by burns.

Lisa now works with SpectralMD, a health technology company with UK headquarters in Welwyn Garden City.

In her role as their clinical affairs manager, she's working with NHS burn specialists to use predictive AI to make more accurate wound healing assessments for patients.

It's a cause close to her heart, after the day 40 years ago where she saw first hand the effect burns can have on young people.

She recalled: “He wanted his bottle out of the jug, so he reached up on tiptoes to get it, while no one was in the kitchen, and pulled the jug of boiling water all over himself. It went straight down his chest – the whole 500ml jug"

“I ran to the kitchen and found him wet and screaming. My mum came in and immediately worked out what had happened. She picked him up, ran to the bathroom and turned the shower on him while shouting at me to run to our neighbour who was a midwife and could help us."

While the burns ended up being relatively 'minor', the incident has stuck with Lisa to this day.

Lisa with her brother Luke and dad KenLisa with her brother Luke and dad Ken (Image: Orange Juice Communications)

She said: “First aid after a burn injury is crucial because it helps to minimise a child’s scarring and if they can then have a really good thorough assessment of their injury, which is what we’re working towards with our technology, the outcome for them will be even better."

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Children's Safety Week runs until Sunday, 9 June and you can find out more by visiting https://capt.org.uk/child-safety-week/.