URGENT PRODUCT RECALL: Injury concerns after IKEA child safety gate opens unexpectedly

Parents are being urged to stop using an IKEA safety gate immediately after reports that it has opened unexpectedly and children have fallen down the stairs.

Some of the incidents have left the children involved requiring medical attention and a third-party investigation has shown that the locking mechanism on the PATRULL gate is not reliable.

Maria Thörn, Acting Business Area Manager at Children’s IKEA, said: “At IKEA, we take a zero tolerance perspective regarding child safety.

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“We want to offer safe products and we believe that children are the most important people in the world.