Helpline responded to over 7,000 child poisoning cases last year

The top enquiries concerned paracetamol, ibuprofen, and multivitamin products.

A medical helpline responded to more than 7,000 poisoning cases involving children under 14 last year — with almost 6,000 aged under four.

While most children had yet to present with symptoms, of those that did, most were experiencing mild to moderate symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, but 10 children had already developed “severe symptoms”.