When a Child Dies

Child Death Overview Panel

The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) was established in April 2008.  The panel has created local structures and processes to review all deaths of children normally resident in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. It is the final, independent scrutiny of a child’s death by professionals.

When a child dies

All child deaths are recorded on our secure electronic business system called eCDOP. To notify the Child Death Overview Panel of a child death please follow this link:  Https://www.ecdop.co.uk/stafford/live/public

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Procedures

Guidance for all deaths

The panel provides oversight and assurance of the whole child death review processes in accordance with the National Child Death Review Statutory and Operational Guidance (England) 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-death-review-statutory-and-operational-guidance-england

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Multi-Agency Guidance for Joint Agency Response to Sudden and Unexpected Death in Infancy/Childhood (SUDIC)

Multi-agency SUDIC Guidance SSoT 2024

 

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The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR)

The LeDeR Programme is the first national programme of its kind aimed at making improvements to the lives of people with learning disabilities.  The CDOP notifies the programme, which is run and funded by NHS England, of all the deaths of children with learning disabilities (from 4-18 years) with a view to improve the standard and quality of care for people with learning disabilities.

 

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Family /Carers Information – ‘When a child dies’

A guide for parents, families, and carers to help understand and navigate the child death review process, When a Child Dies.  This booklet is available from the CDOP in printed colour format and is offered to all bereaved families and /or carers.

 

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Key Worker

You may hear the term ‘key worker’. This is a person who acts as a single point of contact for the bereaved family, who they can turn to for information on the child death review process, and who can signpost them to sources of support. This person will usually be a healthcare professional.

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