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Updated Privacy Notice
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Publications
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.
NCMD annual report 2019
The NCMD national data collection and analysis system is the first of its kind anywhere in the world to record comprehensive data, standardised across the country, on the circumstances of children’s deaths.
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Assessment of investigations into SUDIC post-CDR [BMJ]
A retrospective assessment of the quality of investigations into unexpected deaths of infants and young children in England post-CDR.
Perceptions of the Child Death Review Process
Vicky Sleap, NCMD Project Manager, on the importance of the Child Death Review Process.
What are we doing to improve NCMD and eCDOP?
Steps we are taking to improve NCMD and eCDOPDuring the first few months after our launch, we received a lot of extremely valuable feedback from CDOPs who have been in touch with us directly to let us know of any difficulties or problems arising from the system. As a...
Archives of Disease in Childhood: Article co-authored by NCMD Manager Vicky Sleap [BMJ]
Child death review statutory and operational guidance: maximising learning from child deaths Introduction A total of 4015 deaths of children aged between 0 and 18 years were registered in England and Wales in 2017. Every one of these deaths was a devastating loss that...
Impressions from the 5th Annual Conference of the NNCDOP
Sylvia Stoianova reflects on her attendance at the 2019 National Network of Child Death Overview Panels (NNCDOP) conference.
Establishing a legal basis for holding and transfer of data into NCMD
A main area of focus during the initial few months of the project, was working with NHS England lawyers and project partners to ensure there was a legal basis established so the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) system could receive and hold data from Child...
Building the Team
We are very pleased to welcome some new starters to the NCMD team. Kate Hayter is our full-time administrator. Sylvia Stoianova has also joined on secondment from Public Health England to work with Vicky Sleap job-sharing the project management responsibilities. Matt...
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