National Hub for reviewing and learning from the deaths of children and young people data release
Document Type
Data release
Summary
Following publication of its data overview report in March 2024, the National Hub is pleased to introduce this first, annual data release, which summarises child death data from National Records of Scotland (NRS) from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 and compares it to historic data by financial year from 1 April 2019.
This release also summarises findings from child death review data from the start of National Hub data collection on 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2024. It provides an overview of currently available data which, over time, will inform future thematic child death reports.
These reports will focus on factors we identify as having the greatest potential for change. In this data release, ‘child’ can mean a baby, child or young person.