The Scottish Government commissioned Healthcare Improvement Scotland, in collaboration with the Care Inspectorate, to establish the National Hub for Reviewing and Learning from the Deaths of Children and Young People (National Hub). Using evidence to deliver change, the National Hub ultimately aims to help reduce preventable deaths and harm to children and young people.
The first data overview report, which summarises national child death data from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, has now been published. It includes an overview of learning to date from child death reviews carried out by NHS boards, local authorities, health and social care partnerships, and partnerships with responsibility for reviewing child deaths, from the start of National Hub data collection on 1 October 2021.