Manchester Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP)
Since 1 April 2008, there has been a legal requirement that Child Death Overview Panels (CDOP) conduct a review for all child deaths aged 0-17 years who normally reside in their area (excluding stillbirths and legal terminations of pregnancy). The Child Death Review: Statutory and Operational Guidance (England) was published in October 2018 for clinical commissioning groups (CCG) and local authorities as Child Death Review (CDR) Partners. The guidance sets out the full process that follows the death of a child who is normally resident in England. It builds on the statutory requirements set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and clarifies how individual professionals and organisations across all sectors involved in the child death review contribute to reviews. The guidance sets out the process in order to:
- improve the experience of bereaved families, and professionals involved in caring for children
- ensure that information from the child death review process is systematically captured in every case to enable learning to prevent future deaths
NHS England has published guidance for the bereaved, When a Child Dies: A Guide for Parents and Carers, setting out the steps that follow the death of a child.
The collation and sharing of the learning from reviews is managed by the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) through the use of standardised forms.
Manchester CDOP Point of Contact:
Should you have any queries regarding the child death review process, please contact:
Eesha Naeem
Manchester Child Death Overview Panel Co-ordinator
Email: eesha.naeem@manchester.gov.uk