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 short session NCMD Director Professor Karen Luyt unpacks the key findings of the report, before being joined by a panel of the report’s authors to answer questions about these novel findings. The session covers the following: Deaths of all children who died...
This report draws on data from the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) to investigate traumatic deaths in children and young people, and to draw out learning and recommendations for service providers and policymakers. Every child or young person who dies as a...
Webinar: Monday 17 July, 1300–1400 Online, with free registration in advance If you attended this event, you can find answers to the questions we did not have time to respond to here. The latest report from the NCMD, Deaths of children and young people due to...
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has issued guidance on self-feeding baby pillows and prop feeders which present a risk of serious harm or death to infants. For some years the NCMD has been working with OPSS to ensure that the best evidence about...
UK Safety Alert issued for small high-powered magnetic products.
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...