Professionals
When a child dies
Child Death Overview Panel
The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) was established in April 2008. The panel has created local structures and processes to review all deaths of children normally resident in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. It is the final, independent scrutiny of a child’s death by professionals.
All child deaths are recorded on our secure electronic business system called eCDOP. To notify the Child Death Overview Panel of a child death please follow this link: Https://www.ecdop.co.uk/stafford/live/public
Contact CDOP
Child Death Overview Panel Tel: 01785 232724
Child Protection & Exploitation Team, Staffordshire Police Headquarters, Weston Road, Stafford, ST180YY
Guidance for all deaths
The panel provides oversight and assurance of the whole child death review processes in accordance with the National Child Death Review Statutory and Operational Guidance (England) 2018 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-death-review-statutory-and-operational-guidance-england
Support for Family /Carers – ‘When a child dies’
A guide for parents, families, and carers to help understand and navigate the child death review process, When a Child Dies. This booklet is available from the CDOP in printed colour format and is offered to all bereaved families and /or carers. https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/parent-leaflet-child-death-review-v2.pdf