Child Death Review Programme annual report September 2014
Authors: Dr Ciarán Humphreys, Consultant in Public Health , Beverley Heatman, Programme Manager Child Death Review, Dr Lorna Price, Designated Doctor, Safeguarding Children Service
Published on: 1st September 2014
- All Wales/National
- Annual
This is the second annual report of the Child Death Review Programme for Wales. The programme follows on from the implementation and favourable evaluation of the National Child Death Review Pilot in Wales (2009 to 2011). The grief from the death of a child is devastating to families and communities, and touches wider society. By systematically reviewing these deaths we hope to gain a greater understanding of why children die and what can be done to prevent these tragedies in future.
Systematic approaches to the evaluation of child deaths are now established in New Zealand, across states in Australia, territories within Canada and within each state and the District of Columbia of the United States of America. Within England local safeguarding children boards perform rapid reviews of individual deaths and reviews of all deaths within each area are undertaken by child death overview panels. The Scottish Government announced in May 2014 that a national child death review system will be implemented with a national multi-agency steering group to make recommendations to Scottish Government.
Within Wales a national thematic approach to child death review has been established. This relies on partnerships with professionals and agencies across Wales and also builds on the multi-agency integrated response to unexpected deaths through the PRUDiC.
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