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CHAPTER 37: Child Death Reviews

1.1

One of the LSCB functions in relation to the deaths of any children in its area is:

  • Collating and analysing information about each death with a view to identifying any case that requires a serious case review; any matters of concern affecting the safety and welfare of children in the area and any wider public health or safety concerns arising from a particular death or pattern of deaths
  • Putting in place procedures for ensuring that there is a co-ordinated response by the authority, its LSCB partners and other relevant persons to an unexpected death


OVERVIEW PANEL FOR ALL CHILD DEATHS
1.2 An overview panel of each LSCB is responsible for reviewing information on all child deaths and accountable to the LSCB chair. The LSCB should use the aggregated findings from all such deaths, collected according to a nationally agreed minimum data set (currently being developed by the 'Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health' (CEMACH)
1.3 For full details see the Child Death Overview Panel Procedure for Berkshire.

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