National Child Mortality Database (NCMD)

Clinical Outcome Review

National Child Mortality Database (NCMD)
Delivered by:
University of Bristol
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NCMD

NCMD’s national data collection and analysis system is the first of its kind anywhere in the world. It records comprehensive data, standardised across England, on the circumstances of all children who die before their 18th birthday.

The purpose of collating information nationally is to ensure that deaths are learned from, that learning is widely shared and that actions are taken, locally and nationally, to reduce the number of children who die.

WARNING: The outputs from this programme include some details that may be distressing for some readers

One of the things you want most when your child dies, is learning so that another parent doesn’t go through the same devastating experience.” Bereaved mother

Supporting improvement

NCMD aims to:

  • Capture, analyse and disseminate appropriate data and learning from child death reviews
  • Drive the quality of child death review at every stage through benchmarking and quality improvement (QI) methodology
  • Study and analyse the patterns, causes and associated risk factors of child mortality in England, providing information to target preventative health and social care and to assist in policy decisions.

Additional data and resources

In addition to the HQIP-commissioned reports below, further data and resources can be found on the programme website.

Latest reports

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Impact reports

NCMD Impact report
Winter 2025
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