National Child Mortality Database

Today we publish our latest thematic report, which focuses on deaths of children with a learning disability and autistic children. Read it here - https://lnkd.in/dEXqtGQx share it with colleagues, and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Join us this October when we'll be hearing from The Milk Bank at Chester, Forget Me Not Children's Hospice and the parents themselves about lactation choices, why they are important and what professionals can do to best support.

In our latest report Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK Research and Insights Manager Nichola Baldwin builds on our recent report on trauma-related deaths to examine the number and characteristics of child drowning deaths in England. Read it here:

Following today's launch event, please find the new Toolkit to support parents’ involvement in Child Death Review on our website here:

New webinar>> Join us on 18 July as we share a brand new toolkit to help professionals involve parents in the child death review process. Read more and register:

In the latest NCMD blog, Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK Research and Insights Manager Nichola Baldwin explains how their Water Smart Schools programme is reducing swimming inequality and child mortality due to drowning. Read it here:

CALLING ALL CDR PROFESSIONALS>> There's still time to register for today's Spring Updates webinar. Join us at 1130 for updates on our work and the key issues currently facing the child death review community. More and register:

Thanks to ITV and The Guardian for using our data to shine a light on the impact temporary housing can have on child health today. Our work wouldn't be possible without Child Death Overview Panels across England, so thanks as ever to them for their tireless work 🙏🙏

New via The Lancet: Analysis of our unique data shines a light on the spike of Group A Strep cases seen towards the end of 2022. Read more:

Hot off the press via JAMA Network Open: our latest study, which finds that 12% of infant deaths in England could be avoided if all infants in England had the same risk of death as White infants. That's equivalent to 200 fewer deaths per year. More: