Parents urged to talk about water safety after rise in child drownings in England

Researchers reported alarming increase' in drownings among low-income and ethnically diverse children

Parents are being asked to speak to their children about water safety after new data revealed an 85% increase in the number of child drownings in England between 2019 and 2022.

There were 20 drownings in 2019 to 2020 compared with 37 in 2021 to 2022, according to a report published on Thursday by the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) team at the University of Bristol.