New Child Death Arrangements
Local arrangements for CDOP are changing in the summer of 2019. New Terms of Reference and a Memorandum of Understanding between the child death safeguarding partners can be found on the Somerset CCG website:
Child Death Review
The death of every child is a tragedy, and since April 2008 there has been a legal requirement for every Local Safeguarding Children Board to review all child deaths to see whether we can learn lessons in order to improve the health, safety and well-being of children. This process, which takes place at the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) applies to all children and involves professionals who have been involved with a child’s care.
The purpose of the review is to:
- Reduce the number of childhood deaths
- Identify matters of concern affecting the safety and welfare of children
- Identify wider public health or safety concerns arising from a particular death or from a pattern of deaths
- Undertake a co-ordinated agency response to all unexpected deaths of children
Notification of a child death to the LSCB
Any agency becoming aware of:
- a child death occurring in Somerset
- a death of a normally resident Somerset child occurring elsewhere
should make a notification using the eCDOP website: https://www.ecdop.co.uk/PANDorsetSomerset/Live/Public