Multicentre study of physical abuse and limb fractures in young children in the East Anglia Region, UK.

Objective: To determine if the detection of physical abuse in young children with fractures is of uniform high standard in the East Anglia Region of the UK, and whether we can identify areas for improvement in our detection of high-risk groups.

Design: Multicentre retrospective 4-year study.

Setting: 7 hospitals across the East Anglia Region of Britain (East Anglia Paediatric Physical Abuse and Fractures study).