Since 1 April 2008 all local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) are required to review the deaths of all children in their area, as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 (Chapter 7).
The key purpose of reviewing all child deaths is to learn lessons and reduce the incidence of preventable child deaths in the future.
The LSCB data collection is designed to collect information on the number of child deaths where the review of the child death has been completed by one of the Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) in England and the number of these cases where the CDOP has assessed that the deaths were preventable.
Data collection 2013-2014
You can download the following documents from this page:
- Guidance notes for the completion of the LSCB child death data collection 2013-14
- LSCB child death data collection form 2013-14 (form LSCB1)
- Optional child level form 2013-14 (form LSCB1 A1)
Data collection 2012-2013
You can download the following documents from this page:
- Guidance notes for the completion of the LSCB child death data collection 2012-13
- LSCB child death data collection form 2012-13 (form LSCB1)
- Optional child level form 2012-13 (form LSCB1 A1)
Data collection 2011-2012
You can download the following documents from this page:
- Guidance notes for the completion of the LSCB child death data collection 2011-12
- LSCB child death data collection form 2011-12 (form LSCB1)
- Optional child level form 2011-12 (form LSCB1 A1)
Data collection 2010-2011
You can download the following documents from this page:
- Guidance notes for the completion of the LSCB preventable child-death data collection 2010-11
- LSCB preventable child-death data collection form 2010-11 (form LSCB1)
- Optional child level form 2010-11 (form LSCB1 A1)
Preventable child deaths in England statistical releases
- Preventable child deaths in England: Year ending 31 March 2010
- Preventable child deaths in England: Year ending 31 March 2009
Child death reviews completed in England
- Child death reviews completed in England: Year ending 31 March 2011
- Child death reviews completed in England: year ending 31 March 2012
Contact details
Sarah Wolstenholme
Telephone: 0207 340 8479
Email: Sarah.Wolstenholme@education.gsi.gov.uk
Jannet Fernandez
Safeguarding Group
Telephone: 020 7783 8030
Email: Jannet.Fernandez@education.gsi.gov.uk
