Children acquire many of the academic and social skills they need for their adult lives at school. Excessive absence from school is associated with educational failure, particularly when children miss more than 11 of school days.Each year, one in three British children goes to an emergency department for treatment, predominantly with minor injuries, but the effect on school attendances has not been quantified.This study was designed to investigate the number of days missed from school after children attended one of three local emergency departments with minor injuries. We defined minor injuries as those not requiring admission to hospital and not affecting mobility or the ability of the child to care for himself or herself.
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