National templates for LSCBs to use when collecting information about child deaths

This resource contains a set of data-collection templates to assist Local Safeguarding Children's Boards (LSCBs) to fulfil their responsibilities in accordance with Working Together to Safeguard Children (paragraph 7.7).

All LSCBs need to collect information about each child's death to help inform strategic planning on how best to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children in their area. This information is then discussed by the Child Death Overview Panel (set up by the LSCB) to ensure lessons are learnt about how to reduce the incidence of preventable deaths in the future.

Warwick University were commissioned to lead in the development of these templates which build on the data set used in the study undertaken by CEMACH (the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health), the findings of which will be published in the near future, and on the findings from a DCSF-commissioned study of LSCBs implementing the child-death review processes, which will be published later in Spring 2008.
 
Further information can be found on the Child death review procedures page.

We are keen for any feedback on the effectiveness of these forms. Please email any comments to Katy Garrett.