Physical abuse is defined as ‘A form of abuse which may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating or otherwise causing physical harm to a child. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carrer fabricates the symptoms of, or deliberately induces, illness in a child.’ (HM Government, 2015a) Abuse is the actual or likely physical injury to a child. Children may be physically abused through direct attack or by an adult’s deliberate failure to protect them from injury or suffering; the two forms of abuse sometimes merge together. Physical abuse, with accompanying neglect, is a very dangerous form of maltreatment of children and young people. Serious injuries and damage to health can result; babies and children can die. Abuse is also the non-accidental injury to children or young people, caused by direct attack or actions highly likely to put them at significant risk of physical harm.