The Child Accident Prevention Trust has provided information about how dangerous button batteries can be.There are posters in both nurseries showing where there might be batteries of this type in your home.

Button batteries, particularly big powerful lithium coin cell batteries, can badly hurt or kill a small child within two hours, if they get stuck in the food pipe. Know where yours are so you can keep your children safe.

The following video is also from the Child Accident Prevention Trust website, you may find it’s content upsetting.

It is not intended to be watched by/with children.