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.
In this webinar NCMD Data Manager Tom Williams provides a general update on the work that the NCMD has been doing and the key issues currently facing child death review professionals. The session will cover: NCMD Update Chief Coroner Guidance on Terminations of...
Forms to help child death overview panels (CDOPs) assess the causes of a child’s death as part of the child death review process.Back to: Home | Other guidance
In this NCMD webinar participants will get an overview of the NCMD’s recent work and key updates to the child death review process.
In this webinar NCMD Programme Manager Vicky Sleap and Naz Khan, Clinical Lead for Equality, Ethnicity and Genetics at NHS England, explore how consanguineous relationships can best be approached in child death review. The session covers the following: Background to...
Consanguinity refers to any couple related by blood to each other. It is also known as close relative marriage. Child Death Overview Panels, may, from time to time, need to review the deaths of children from consanguineous families and to ensure consistency in how...
Training day: Wednesday 15 March, 0900–1700 London, with registration in advanceThe child death review process is vital to maintaining and improving child health in England at a national level. However, it can also be complex and every case is unique. Child death...
On 17 January 2023 the UK Parliament held a debate on sudden, unexplained deaths in childhood (SUDC) – the first time this issue has ever been formally discussed in Westminster. The historic meeting, which was led by The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, followed the publication...
This report explores the impact of the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) programme in 2022. 2022 was an exciting year for the NCMD. Now in our second year of sharing findings and analysis, we were once again able to travel to meetings and conferences to share...
In this report launch the NCMD's Professor Peter Fleming and a panel of experts explore our novel findings regarding sudden, unexpected and unexplained deaths among infants and older children. The session covers the following: All children who died suddenly and...
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The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which looks at how child mortality changed over the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.Previous research including work from the NCMD has shown that child...