The Association of Child Death Review Professionals (ACDRP) is an independent, multi-agency network of child death review professionals, supported by NHS England.
The objectives for the group are:
- To influence national guidance by providing a central point through which CDR professionals can make representations and recommendations to national bodies and professionals Eg. Department for Education, NHS England, Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, police, coroners, medical examiners, Local Government Association, academic institutions and professional bodies such as RCPCH, RCM, RCOG, RCGPs, NNDHP, HVA etc.
- To develop a network of expertise on child death review processes, including the joint agency response to unexpected deaths, hospital child mortality review and Child Death Overview Panels.
- To support the development of national professional standards for effective reviews of child deaths.
- To establish training opportunities for CDR professionals and continuous professional development for those involved in the CDR process.
The aims for the ACDRP are:
- Raising the standards and consistency of CDR processes across the country.
- Providing support and guidance for child death review professionals. This will include sharing tools / frameworks of good practice e.g. self-assessment framework; Memorandum of Understanding; Risk Register etc.
- Working in partnership with other agencies, organisations and networks to advocate changes to policy affecting potential deaths in children
Click to view the full list of Executive Committee Member June 2022
Click to view the ACDRP Articles of Association – DRAFT
If you are a professional working within child death review please follow this link to join the ACDRP NHS futures webpage. CLICK HERE
If you would like to become a member of ACDRP and you are a professional/volunteer working in child death review or have done so in the last 5 year, please complete the ACDRP MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
News
The Association Of Child Death Review Professionals Annual Conference
The ACDRP committee were delighted to see over 200 professionals from multi agency join them for one or both days of their two day conference in Milton Keynes on the 14th and 15th of November 2024.
The conference provided a variety of workshops and keynote talks covering aspects of Joint Agency Response, SUDIC, Child Death Overview Panels and Child Death Review meetings.
Keynote Speakers:
The Role of Ethnicity in Child Mortality, Dr David Odd PhD, NCMD
National Child Mortality Database – Modifiable Factors, Vicky Sleap, Deputy Director, NCMD
‘A Husband & Fathers experience after sudden loss’ Ben Kennedy, Guest Parent Speaker
Police Child Death Case Presentation, DI Helen Kirkland, DI Ian Pickstock, Staffordshire Police
Thematic Report on Asthma and Anaphylaxis, Sylvia Stoianova, Deputy Director, NCMD
Non-Invasive Post Mortem in Sudden Unexplained Death, Dr Ciaran Hutchinson, Consultant Paediatric Pathologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Maternity & Newborn Safety Investigations, Sandy Lewis, MNSI Director
Analysis of Parent Experience in Child Death Review, Dr Joanna Garstang, Chair, ACDRP
Safe Sleep Initiatives / Implementation – ‘Eyes on the Baby’, Helen Ball, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre Concealed Pregnancy / Pregnancy Denial, Dr Charles Musters, Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHSFT
Workshops include:
Concealed Pregnancy / Pregnancy Denial
Joint Home Visit
Role of the Medical Examiner
Prison Deaths
Child Bereavement Key Worker Training Package
Whole Genome Sequencing
Maternity & Newborn Safety Investigations
Developing a Learning Disability specific reporting form
Managing Joint Agency Response ‘JAR’ on Neonatal Unit
Hospital Child Death Review Meetings
Role of the Coroner
Guidance on Information Sharing
ACDRP Biographies 14th & 15th Nov
If you attended the conference and would like to revisit slides please visit the NHS futures page for to access slides we have been permitted to share.
