A SECOND family faces an agonising wait for HIV and hepatitis tests after a six-year-old pricked his finger on a needle.

Tyler Simpson from Poole found it after chasing a football into bushes at Baiter Park, near the skate park.

His mum Angela wants to warn parents after two similar incidents within two weeks.

Yesterday’s Daily Echo told how two-year-old Siann Davies is awaiting blood tests after rolling on to a needle in Boscombe’s Kings Park.

Tyler told the Echo: “I thought it was a water pistol. I took the cap off and put it in my finger. The blood tests have hurt.”

Angela, 37, from Hamworthy, said: “We have to wait for the full blood tests to be done in early August. It’s a bit of a nightmare.

“Tyler is very shocked – he told me ‘Mummy, I wish I had never picked it up’.”

Angela said it took three to four hours to be seen at Poole Hospital.

Angela, a teaching assistant, said like many parents she would never have thought to warn her son about needles.

She said: “I moved from south London and you expect it there, but not here when your child is playing in a park.

“I put a message on Facebook about it and lots of parents have thanked me. I mentioned it to Hamworthy First School and they are going to warn everyone.”

The incident happened on May 13. Twelve days later Siann Davies was injured in Boscombe.

Angela said: “I am angry with the users for being so irresponsible.

“The doctors said it’s low risk because it had a cap on, and it could be from a diabetic, but you still think about it.

“I took the needle to hospital but I was in such shock I didn’t really look at it.”

A Dorset Police spokesman said: “This type of incident is extremely unusual in Baiter Park and in the town generally. We would urge the family to call us on 101 to report what has happened so it can be investigated thoroughly by officers and the local authority.”

Borough of Poole had not commented at the time of going to press.

A Poole Hospital spokesman said: “While we cannot comment on the specifics due to patient confidentiality, we are confident the best possible action was taken.

“Normal protocol dictates if a patient arrives with a needle stick injury, precautionary blood tests will be taken and patients are then referred back to their GP to arrange follow-up tests in 12 weeks’ time.”