Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP)

Merseyside and Isle of Man CDOP

Purpose of CDOP

The death of a child is a devastating loss which profoundly affects all those involved. Since April 2008, all deaths of children up to the age of 18 years, excluding still births and planned terminations are to be reviewed by a Child Death Overview Panel in line with the national guidance and statutory requirement set out in the Child Death Review Statutory and Operational Guidance published in October 2018. Child Death Overview Panels should “review the deaths of all children normally resident in the relevant local authority area, and if they consider it appropriate the deaths in that area of non-resident children.” Child Death Review Statutory and Operational Guidance published in October 2018.

Responsibility for reviewing child deaths across Merseyside and the Isle of Man sits with the following statutory partners:

Knowsley Borough Council
Liverpool City Council
Sefton Borough Council
St Helens Borough Council
Wirral Borough Council
Isle of Man
NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB (Integrated Care Board)
Merseyside Police

Merseyside CDOP have produced a leaflet for parents/carers explaining what CDOP does when a child dies.

Further information on Merseyside & IOM CDOP can be found on Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership's website link below. 

https://liverpoolscp.org.uk/scp/about-us/merseyside-child-death-overview-panel-cdop

 

Contact Details

CDOP Team
Gerard Majella Courthouse
Boundary Street
Liverpool
L5 2QD

Merseyside Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Manager - Stephanie Quinn (Email: stephanie.quinn@liverpool.gov.uk

Merseyside CDOP Administrator - Helen Fleming-Scott Email: Helen.Fleming-Scott@liverpool.gov.uk