by Peter Stokes | 16 Nov, 2023 | Annual Reports, Statistics
This eighteenth annual report, presented to Parliament by the Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee, provides a summary of the Committee’s data analyses, reviews of child deaths, and activities undertaken to prevent the death or serious injury of children...
by Peter Stokes | 3 Feb, 2021 | Analysis
On average, 13 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly each year in South Australia. Most of these deaths occur in the infants’ sleep environments, and in almost all cases at least one safe sleeping risk factor is identified. As we discussed in a previous blog post,...
by Peter Stokes | 2 Dec, 2020 | Annual Reports
The fifteenth annual report of the Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee is now available to read in full. Notably, in 2019, the number of deaths of children and young people was the lowest recorded for fifteen years. Issues raised in reviews the Committee...
by Peter Stokes | 4 May, 2020 | Analysis
A child or young person’s concept of family and parental responsibility is largely informed by their own experience of being parented. Complex lives The Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee reviewed the deaths of fifteen children whose parents had a history...
by Peter Stokes | 28 Nov, 2019 | Annual Reports
This fourteenth annual report of the Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee provides a summary of the Committee’s reviews and analyses of child deaths and serious injuries, and the steps it has taken to make and monitor the implementation of findings and...
