Correspondence

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: second national review

Correspondence between the Secretary of State for Education, the Department for Health and Social Care and the panel about the second national child safeguarding practice review.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

The Education Secretary's response to Edward Timpson's letter

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Details

Letters between the Chair of the independent Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, Secretary of State for Education and ministers at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

The panel’s letter announces a national child safeguarding practice review into sudden unexpected infant death (SUDI) in families where the children are considered at risk of harm. It also gives further details about the review including:

  • terms of reference
  • details of panel members carrying it out
  • timescale

The Secretary of State for Education’s letter welcomes the announcement of the review.

The Department for Health and Social Care’s letter sets out how the department will take forward the recommendations in the review.

Updates to this page

Published 17 October 2019
Last updated 16 September 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Letter from DHSC to the Child Safeguarding Review Panel'.

  2. First published.

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