Further information and resources
The following is intended as a list of links and further information from other organisations that could be useful to anyone working in Child Death Review (or any associated sectors such as child health and social care). It is not intended to be exhaustive so, if you are aware of other links that might be useful to others working in the field that you use regularly, then let us know and we will consider adding them. Please also be aware of the following:
- we are not responsible for any of the content contained on others’ sites so please review carefully before using, and
- while we make every effort to keep this list up-to-date, information can change without notice, so please let us know if anything is incorrect or not as you expect.
Child Death Review
- Statutory CDR guidance
- Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018)
- Statutory CDR forms
- List of CDOPs from the Department of Health and Social Care
Child health, paediatrics and health
- The Department of Health and Social Care
- The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
- Child Health Information Service (CHIS)
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
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Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS)
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
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Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet)
- Public Health England (PHE)
Safety and safeguarding
- Information from the NHS England Safeguarding team
- The National Network of Designated Healthcare Professionals (NNDHP) for Safeguarding Children
- The Child safeguarding Practice Review Panel publications
- Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)
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National case review repository from the NSPCC
Neonatal and babies
- MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK
- Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT)
- The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
- The Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
- British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)
SUDIC
- Guidelines for the investigation Of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (Kennedy guidance)
- Multi-agency guidelines for care and investigation from the The Royal College of Pathologists
- The Lullaby Trust
- SUDC UK (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood)
Relevant organisations
- The Royal College of Pathologists
- The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR)
- Coroners, post-mortems and inquests
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Bereavement and families
- When A Child Dies leaflet
- Information from the NHS, Learning From Deaths
- Information from Sands about neonatal death
- Information from Lullaby Trust on sudden and unexpected death
- Bereavement information and support from Child Bereavement UK.
Other charities from the sector
- Action on Pre-eclampsia who work to raise public and professional awareness of pre-eclampsia, and to improve care
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