Resources
“Brilliant, I really like the format – an ‘at a glance’ visual picture of our completed reviews” CDOP Co-ordinator (Data Monitoring Reports)
NCMD hosts a range of resources for CDOPs and other health and social care professionals working in Child Death Review (please note that information for bereaved families can be found here)…
Publications
Latest publications and reports:
Child death review data release 2024
Child Death Review Data Release: Year ending 31 March 2024Contents 1. Introduction2. Child death notifications Infant deaths Neonatal deaths3. Child death reviews by CDOPs4. Technical information5. Acknowledgements1. Introduction Back to contents The National...
Child drowning deaths in England 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
This summary report aims to describe the number and characteristics of child drowning deaths in England, based on the latest available data from the NCMD, which covers the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. It builds on the findings of NCMD thematic report Deaths...
Supporting material: Children with a learning disability and autistic children aged 4 – 17 years
Supporting material: Children with a learning disability and autistic children aged 4 - 17 years Contents 1. Background and scope2. Personal stories 3. Methodology and limitations4. References5. Appendices1. Background and scope Back to contents This NCMD thematic...
Blogs
Latest blogs:
Anna Pease: Preventing Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy for families with infants at increased risk
Anna Pease, Research Fellow, University of Bristol The recent publication of the Darzi Report lays bare some of the fundamental needs for a healthy population. The report describes health visitors as “crucial to development in the first five years of life” and the...
RLSS UK: Water Smart Schools
Nichola Baldwin, Research and Insights Manager, RLSS UK The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS UK) has been caring for families for over 130 years, with a proud history of helping to reduce the number of lives lost to drowning. Since 1891 we’ve been sharing our expertise...
Equity and water safety: Lessons from down under
by Vicky Sleap, NCMD Deputy Director. The World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2023 took place in Perth, Australia earlier this month. NCMD were lucky enough to be invited to present our work on drowning from our thematic report on trauma deaths. This was a great...
NCMD for families
“One of the things you want most when your child dies is learning so that another parent doesn’t go through the same devastating experience,” bereaved mother
NCMD for professionals
