Tees Child Death Review Project

Tees Child Death Review Functions

Since 1st April 2008 all Local Safeguarding Children Boards(LSCB) in England and Wales are required to have in place a Child Death Review process, as outlined in Chapter 7, Working Together to Safeguard Children (updated 2010).
LSCBs are responsible for collecting and analysing information about all the deaths of children and young people (up to the age of 18 years) in their area. This information will identify patterns and trends, enabling specific action, which may prevent some deaths in the future.

The Tees Child Death Review Project, managed by Redcar & Cleveland SCB on behalf of the LSCBs covering Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton, provides a dedicated service to ensure the statutory requirements relating to child death review functions are implemented.

For further details about Child Death Review functions please contact the Child Death Review Team.

Further detailed information can be found on the following websites:

www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

www.cemach.org.uk

CHILD DEATH OVERVIEW PANEL

MEMBERSHIP 2012

Core Members

Dr Martin Ward-Platt, Consultant Paediatrician (Independent Chair)

DCS, Head of Crime, Cleveland Police

Jane Wiles,Children's Services Manager, James Cook University Hospital

Janet Alderton, Patient Safety and Supervisor of Midwives, University Hospital of North Tees

Dr Kailash Agrawal, Designated Doctor,

Linda McCalmont, Acting Head of Safeguarding Children & Families, Redcar & Cleveland

Mark Adams, Assistant Director for Health Improvement

Alex Giles, Designated Nurse, Safeguarding Children, Tees

Lesley Thirlwell, North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust

John Catron, Assistant Director, Inclusion & Achievement, Middlesbrough

Jacqui Tucker, Lay Member

Hilary Minter, Head of Counselling, Teesside Hospice

Dr Steve Byrne, Consultant Neonatologist, James Cook University Hospital

Dr Bernd Reichert, Consultant Neonatologist, University Hospital of North Tees

Dr Yifan Liang, Consultant Paediatrician, James Cook University Hospital

Raj Pandey, GP representative

Deputies and Ad Hoc Members

Barry Waller, Head of Fire Engineering

Caroline O'Neill, Assistant Director, Performance & Achievement, Hartlepool Borough Council

Cathy Brammer, Clinical Matron, James Cook University Hospital

Information for Professionals

Welcome to Information for Professionals.

All agencies that have had contact with a child who has died will be asked to share information on the child for the purposes of informing the professional response and work of the Review Panels. Most agencies/organisations should expect to be involved in this work at some stage. Information will be collated using Form B (Agency Report) and the relevant sub-form B.

The purpose of the process is to provide better support and information to the families of children who have died and to ensure that the death of their child is properly investigated. It will also help us understand the reasons for child deaths across the four LSCBs and, therefore, contribute to their future prevention.

The lessons learnt at the Child Death Overview Panel should inform strategic planning processes for Children's Services.

Notification of a Child Death to the LSCB

Any agency becoming aware of:

a child death occurring within the area covered by the four Tees LSCBs
a death of a normally resident Tees child occurring elsewhere

should make a notification of this fact to the Tees Child Death Review Project.

Notification should be made on Form A - Notification of Child Death.

Once completed the form should be sent :

by e-mail to: tees-cdrp@redcar-cleveland.gcsx.gov.uk

by post to: Child Death Review Project, West Locality Base, Daisy Lane, Overfields, Redcar & Cleveland, TS7 9JF

Please see below for a set of data collection forms, together with 'Notes for Users' which are available to download.

Please note that Notification of Neonatal deaths should still be made by staff to the Regional Maternity Survey Office, North East PHO

The RMSO keeps an account of the health outcomes for mothers and babies across the North of England. www.rmso.org.uk/

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Forms used in review

E - Audit Tool for Child Death Overview

Local Guidance

National Guidance

Working Together 2010

Briefing for use in team meetings

Child Death Review Staff Briefing

Annual Reports

The Tees CDOP produces an Annual Report which will be available on this page.

Minutes

The CDOP meets every other month to review Child Deaths and discuss any other related business.
The meetings are divided into two parts, one of which remains confidential as it includes discussion on each child death, although these are anonymised prior to discussion by the Panel members.

The minutes from the open part of the meeting will be published on this site when they have been ratified by the Panel.

Information for parents and carers

Leaflets and sources of safety information for parents and carers.

Bereavement & Support

The death of any child is a tragedy. It is vital that all child deaths are carefully reviewed so that we may learn as much as possible from them, to try to prevent future deaths, and to support families.

Some organisations which offer support to families going though a bereavement are listed on this page and you may find the following leaflet of use to explain the Child Death Review process. If you need more information on this please ask your Paediatrician or other health staff working with your family.