Colchester hospital has seen a big rise in trampoline accidents

Colchester General Hospital staff have seen trampoline-related injuries rise from one to two a week to one a day.

Consultant in emergency medicine Stephen Hughes said many of the cases included adults who had been drinking.

"All our staff are getting fed up because these accidents are largely preventable," he said.

Children's trampolines

"Typically, the injuries being sustained by parents are ankle sprains and knee injuries whereas children are fracturing their forearms.

"So far, we haven't had anything more serious than this but it may only be a matter of time.

"Some of the parents injure themselves while playing on their children's trampolines at family barbecues after drinking alcohol.

"We've even had a case of a child who was injured after landing in the garden next door."