Membership
The Child Death Overview Panel membership reflects professionals who work in Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth who are skilled and experience in a range of disciplines. The current panel has representation from:
Process
The CDOP meet bi-monthly to review all child deaths. Prior to the panel meeting, anonymised collated Form B's are sent to the panel members through secure methods and in line with CDOP Governance arrangements. CDOP consider groups of similar deaths at designated panel meetings in which specialist are invited. This is in line with revised chapter 7 (Working Together To Safeguard Children, DSCF 2010) point 7.44. Any recommendations are sent to each of the 4LSCBs and are published in the CDOP Annual Report.
