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Households across the UK are being urged to take extra safety precautions when using hot water bottles this winter, after figures revealed a rise in burn injuries caused by the common homeware accessory.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has advised people to check the age and condition of their hot water bottles and to avoid overfilling them ahead of National Burns Awareness Day on October 15.

Data from the Children’s Burns Trust and the International Burn Injury Database (iBID) shows burn injuries from hot water bottles increased by 11% between 2023 and 2024, to 978 cases.

This is the highest annual total for more than 20 years, according to the analysis.

Meanwhile, figures show the number of injuries have almost doubled in five years, fro

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