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:
Newborn Health and Child Mortality Across England [JAMA]
JAMA Network Open first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which looks at how neonatal illnesses impacts on health throughout childhood.As many as 71.6% of child deaths up to age 10 are linked to illness as a newborn, according to this University of...
Changes in background characteristics and risk factors among SIDS infants in England [BMJ]
BMJ Open first published this paper, based on unique NCMD data, which looks at how risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have changed over the last 30 years.This paper investigates the background characteristics and risk factors in the sleeping...
A thematic review of vulnerability, which increases the risk of poor outcomes, in infants
This report from NCMD Honorary Senior Public Health Specialist Dr Helen Duncan takes a look at the factors that make infants vulnerable to sudden, unexpected and unexplained death, building on the findings of NCMD thematic report Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in...
Blogs
Latest blogs:
Maternal NHS charging: A threat to maternal and neonatal health
by Dr Nikesh Parekh Public Health Medical Associate and CDOP Chair, Royal Borough of Greenwich and GP, Seaford Medical Practice. Neonatal deaths represent 42% of all child deaths in England. These deaths are not inevitable, but while many countries are making progress...
The value of short lives: Why we must learn what we can from every child death
By NCMD's Manager, Vicky Sleap. 42% of child deaths occur in children under 28 days of age; this equates to just over 52 primary school classrooms. I was very excited last week about the publication of our second annual report, as it shows the value of...
Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere
NCMD's Manager, Vicky Sleap, considers the effect of deprivation on child mortality. Last week NCMD published its first thematic report looking at child mortality and the effect of deprivation, Child Mortality and Social Deprivation. This report is the culmination...
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
