The Child Death Overview Panel is responsible for reviewing the deaths of any children normally resident in Southend, Essex and Thurrock local authority areas, whether from natural, unnatural, known or unknown causes, at home, in hospital or in the community.
The purpose of the review is to:
A thematic review of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI) in Southend, Essex, and Thurrock has led to the development of a new SUDI Practice Tool. This tool is available for practitioners across all agencies to use.
The intention of the SUDI Practice Tool is to prompt curious conversations by all professionals in contact with families with young infants, to facilitate a non-judgemental discussion about their choice of sleeping environment, and to tailor advice and support to their individual circumstances.
The guidance is based on the Lullaby Trust recommendations for best practice and is intended to support current practice and risk assessment.
This video explains SUDI and the practice tool in more detail.
There is further information about Safer Sleep here.
Any agency becoming aware of:
should make a notification to the SET Child Death Review Manager via their nominated Child Death Review lead.
To notify us of the death of a child resident in Essex, Southend or Thurrock area please follow the link below to complete your Notification Form within 24hrs.
Link to complete Notification Form
If you have any problems with submitting a notification via the above link please contact us at tpa-tr.SET-CDR-RRT@nhs.net or by telephone on 01279 357996.
Please remember that you must also inform the Child Health Information Service using the following email addresses:
West Essex: hct.eoechis.blmk-hwe@nhs.net
North-east, Mid & South Essex: hct.eoechis.mse-snee@nhs.net
Further information on Child Death Reviews can be found here.
The Child Death Review Team (Health) can be contacted on 01279 357996 or by email at tpa-tr.SET-CDR-RRT@nhs.net