Our publications section carries all NCMD reports, briefings and data releases. Here you’ll find in-depth analysis of overall child mortality in England, deep dives into specific causes of death with recommendations for improvement in the future, and complete data releases that give you a chance to explore the unique data we hold for yourself.
Warning! This video is intended for a professional audience and deals with difficult subject matter in a straightforward and matter-of-fact way. Those with lived experience of bereavement and child loss may find it difficult or upsetting to watch.In this video,...
by Sarah Harris, Director of Bereavement Support and Education, Child Bereavement UK. Sometimes, if I’m honest, I find it difficult to talk about my work. In my profession, I deal with bereavement, loss, and grief every day – so when someone at a party asks me, “and...
In this NCMD webinar participants will learn more about how child death reviews can support children with a learning disability.
![Which children are most vulnerable to serious Covid infection? Risk factors for intensive care admission and death among children hospitalised with Covid [Nature]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/covid-vulnerable-children-400x250.jpg)
Nature Medicine first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which identifies the children and young people most vulnerable to serious infection with Coronavirus by examining hospitalisations and deaths in England from February 2019 to January 2021.Which...
This report explores the impact of the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) programme in 2021. 2021 was a special year for the NCMD. Though the programme began in 2018, 2021 was the first year that we had sufficient data to begin sharing learning to fulfil our...
Sarah and Andrew Malm went through a hospital review process in 2010 following the death of their son Rudy, pictured, who died shortly after birth.by Charlotte Bevan, Senior Research and Prevention Advisor at Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. A newborn...
![Child mortality in England during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic [BMJ]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/23ca53f9-2bf2-463a-810b-48bbf8fb63ed-400x250.jpg)
This paper, published in BMJ’s Archives of disease in Childhood, investigates overall child mortality during the pandemic. Using the National Child Mortality Database’s unique data, it shows that child mortality in the first year of the pandemic was lower than it had...
![Child suicide rates during the Covid-19 pandemic in England [Elsevier]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/depressed-youth-400x250.png)
This paper, published in Elsevier’s Journal of Affective Disorders, uses the National Child Mortality Database’s unique data to show that overall child deaths by suicide did not increase during the Covid-19 pandemic – though there is some evidence that they were...
![Child deaths in England after Covid-19 infection during the first pandemic year [Nature]](https://www.ncmd.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Child-covid-400x250.png)
This paper, published in Nature Medicine and based on National Child Mortality Database data, shows that in the first year of the pandemic, 25 children and young people in England died of Covid-19.In the first year of the pandemic, between March 2020 and February...