Child deaths in Bradford four times highest in poorest areas

A report has found that over two thirds of child deaths in Bradford occurred in the poorest areas of the city.

 

The report by the city’s Child Death Overview Panel found that there were 142 deaths recorded in the district between 2019 and 2021, and figures showed that 68 per cent of the child deaths occurred in the most deprived areas, four times higher than rates in the least deprived areas.

 

Of those deaths, 22 per cent were “modifiable”, meaning health campaigns or interventions might have prevented them.

 

The panel’s report said that was “a disturbing pattern”.

 

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said deaths that fall into the modifiable category include those related to mother smoking while pregnant, accidents, suicides and some genetically inherited conditions.

 

The report, which was due to be discussed by members of the Bradford and Airedale Wellbeing Board, said “The message here is clear, we must reduce poverty to save lives.”

 

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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

 

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