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:
The NCMD’s impact in 2022
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...
Child Mortality in England During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic [JAMA]
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...
What is the relationship between deprivation, modifiable factors and childhood deaths? [BMJ]
BMJ first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which identifies links between social deprivation and childhood mortality, and identifies potential points where public health, social and education interventions, or health policy may be best targeted.The...
Blogs
Latest blogs:
From research to action: Where next?
by Caroline Lee-Davey, Chief Executive of Bliss, the UK’s leading charity for babies born premature or sick. The latest thematic report from the National Child Mortality Database, The Contribution of Newborn Health to Child Mortality across England, makes for sobering...
Healing conversations: Experiencing grief as a professional
by Sarah Harris, Director of Bereavement Support and Education, Child Bereavement UK. Sometimes, if I’m honest, I find it difficult to talk about my work. In my profession, I deal with bereavement, loss, and grief every day – so when someone at a party asks me, “and...
In their own words: Putting bereaved parents at the heart of hospital reviews
Sarah and Andrew Malm went through a hospital review process in 2010 following the death of their son Rudy, pictured, who died shortly after birth.by Charlotte Bevan, Senior Research and Prevention Advisor at Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. A newborn...
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
