The Health And Safety Brigade Are Out Again,

this time at the Brentwood Community Hospital in Essex, the sign says it all, it appears that this time last year a patient stepped on an acorn last year and suffered a slight sprain to her ankle, although the patient did not sue, gardeners have also now been ordered to collect fallen acorns in the hospital grounds,

Andrew McGowan, 28, who was visiting a patient yesterday, said: ‘It’s health and safety madness really, you don’t need a sign to warn you about things falling from the tree, it happens at this time of year and you can see acorns on the ground,’ as one commentator wrote, 'Autumn is a dangerous time to be out and about, some of those damn leaves have VERY sharp edges, ever had a paper cut? well, imagine the pain of a leaf plummeting to Earth slicing your skin!' I guess that kind of says it all.