Child death reviews: forms for reporting child deaths
Forms to help child death overview panels (CDOPs) assess the causes of a child鈥檚 death as part of the child death review process.
Applies to England
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Child death review partners (local authorities and integrated care boards) must make arrangements:
- to review all deaths of children normally resident in the local area and, as indicated, of any non-resident children who have died in their area. This should be done through a Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP)
- for the analysis of information from all deaths by the
See Child death review: statutory and operational guidance (England).
We recommend that CDOP offices use the forms on this page to collect information for the child death review (CDR) process. This information can then be submitted to their CDOP to support the review.
The completed forms will help CDOPs:
- collect information regarding the child deaths in their area in a consistent way
- assess the causes of child deaths in their area
- see if there are significant similarities between child deaths in their area and recommend how to prevent similar deaths in future
For every child death, the following actions should be taken:
- A notification form should be completed and sent to the聽CDOP office聽immediately after a child dies.
- The CDOP office should ensure the notification is sent to the NCMD聽within 24 hours of receipt of the form. For CDOPs using the eCDOP case management tool, this process will happen automatically. For others, the details should be entered onto the NCMD manually.
- Information should be gathered from all agencies that were involved with the child during their life or after death through completion of a reporting form.
- 罢丑别听CDOP office should identify the most appropriate agency to complete the relevant supplementary reporting forms, depending on the cause of death, and request for that agency to complete the relevant forms.
- When completed, reporting forms and supplementary reporting forms should be returned to the聽CDOP聽office, and the information on them entered onto the聽NCMD. Information should be entered either using the eCDOP case management tool (see a list of contacts who can provide information on the management tool) or manually for those not using the tool.
- A local child death review meeting should be convened, to include all professionals that were involved with the child during their life or after death, and at this meeting a draft child death analysis form should be completed.
- Anonymous versions of the completed forms (notification, reporting, supplementary reporting and draft analysis forms) should be presented to the聽CDOP, so an independent review of the death can be conducted. The draft analysis form should be finalised at this meeting.
- Following review by聽the CDOP, the details on the final analysis form should be entered onto the聽NCMD.
You can find more information on the CDOPs鈥� responsibilities regarding child death notifications in the guidance Working together to safeguard children.
Updates to this page
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Removed transitional arrangements document, as this was detailing changes to the process which took place in 2019. Added new version of the supplementary reporting form for epilepsy.
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We have updated these forms: Child death notification form; Child death reporting form; Supplementary reporting form: suicide or self-harm including alcohol or substance abuse; Supplementary reporting form: vehicle collisions.
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Added the following updated forms: 'Child death notification form'; 'Child death reporting form'; 'Child death analysis form'; and 'Supplementary reporting form: deaths on a neonatal unit, delivery suite or labour ward'.
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Added updated forms for: Child death notification form; Child death reporting form; Supplementary reporting form: chromosomal, genetic or congenital anomaly excluding cardiac conditions; Supplementary reporting form: death of a child with an oncology condition; Supplementary reporting form: suicide or self-harm including alcohol or substance abuse and; Supplementary reporting form: sudden unexpected deaths.
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Added updated versions of the following forms: 'Child death reporting form', 'Child death analysis form' and 'Supplementary reporting form: sudden unexpected deaths'.
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Added updated versions of the following forms: 'Child death notification form', 'Child death reporting form' and 'Child death analysis form'.
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Updated with newer versions of the forms: 'Child death notification form'; 'Child death reporting form; Child death analysis form'; 'Supplementary reporting form: chromosomal, genetic or congenital anomaly excluding cardiac conditions'; 'Supplementary reporting form: deaths on a neonatal unit, delivery suite or labour ward'; 'Supplementary reporting form: suicide or self-harm including alcohol or substance abuse'.
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Updated with newer versions of the forms: 'Child death notification form'; 'Child death reporting form; Child death analysis form'; 'Supplementary reporting form: chromosomal, genetic or congenital anomaly excluding cardiac conditions'; 'Supplementary reporting form: death as a result of injuries sustained from a falling object'; 'Supplementary reporting form: deaths on a neonatal unit, delivery suite or labour ward'; 'Supplementary reporting form: infection'.
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Replaced the following forms: child death notification form, child death reporting form, child death analysis form, and supplementary reporting forms for asthma and anaphylaxis, drowning, and sudden unexpected deaths.
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Replaced the 'child death reporting form', 'child death analysis form' and all supplementary reporting forms.
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Updated the child death notification form to include reference to COVID-19 related illness or exposure.
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Replaced supplementary forms B2 to B13 with 20 new supplementary reporting forms. The new forms do not have a prefix.
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Forms A, B and C have been replaced with 'Child death nofitication', 'Child death reporting' and 'Child death analysis' respectively. The new versions have a different structure. Forms A1, D and E have been removed. Information on arrangements in respect of the forthcoming National Child Mortality Database has been added in 'National Child Mortality Database: transitional arrangements'. Ownership of the page has changed from the Department for Education to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Updated 'Form C: analysis proforma' document.
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First published.