A MOTHER has made an official complaint about a Bournemouth holiday play scheme after staff failed to realise that her young daughter had broken her arm.

The seven-year-old was at a morning session of the council-run Boredom Busters play scheme in Muscliff Park last Thursday when she fell over on grass during a game.

Her mother said: “When I picked her up, I was asked to sign an accident report. On the form, it asked how the injury was treated and it said ‘wet tissue’.

“She had tear stains on her face. They had encouraged her to join in for the rest of the day. She said they had been hurting her by trying to make her move her arm.”

The mother, who asked not be identified, later put a sling on her daughter’s arm and took her to hospital, where the fracture was diagnosed. She now has to wear a plaster cast for six weeks.

“Luckily, the bone hadn’t moved. With her carrying on with activities, it put her in danger of the arm becoming worse and needing surgery,” claimed the mother.

“I’m not blaming the staff for her falling over and breaking her arm, it’s how it was dealt with. She certainly won’t be going back.”

Di Mitchell, Bournemouth council’s service director for children’s learning and engagement, said: “Staff on site carried out all the necessary checks and procedures following this incident. After the fall, the child seemed to join in all the activities and therefore appeared to be well.”

Boredom Busters caters for children aged between four and 12 at 11 sites in Bournemouth. In June, the council investigated claims that two students had been able to work with children at one site without being properly vetted by the Criminal Records Bureau.

And last month, a six-year-old girl was treated at Poole Hospital after allegedly slipping into the pool at Stourfield Infants School in Southbourne. Swimming sessions were cancelled following the incident.