Warning! This video is intended for a professional audience and deals with difficult subject matter in a straightforward and matter-of-fact way. Those with lived experience of bereavement and child loss may find it difficult or upsetting to watch.
In this NCMD webinar, Professor Elijah Behr from St George’s Hospital, London, and Dr. Joanna Garstang, Consultant Community Paediatrician and Designated Doctor for Child Death in Birmingham and Solihull, discuss the newly commissioned pathway for investigating deaths that may be due to Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC), and how this relates to the Joint Agency Response and Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (SUDIC) investigations. Many sudden, unexpected child deaths may be due to cardiac disease, and the new pathway offers families rapid access to specialist assessment.
Presentation slides can be found below:
BHF-NHSE Sudden Unexpected Death Project Background