Cascade system for neonatal deaths to be launched on the 8th of January 2025.

Published on Wednesday, 11 December 2024 Post

In response to requests from Trusts in England to reduce the amount of duplicate reporting of perinatal deaths, a new process for notifying neonatal deaths to Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) has been developed, called Cascade. As is currently the case, information from CDOPs will then flow to the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD).

Cascade combines the notification of neonatal deaths to MBRRACE-UK and CDOPs into a single step.

Cascade will be launched on 8th January 2025 and the new process will apply in England from this date.

Guidance for Trusts in England about Cascade is available to download.

Guidance for CDOPs about Cascade is available on the NCMD website.