Kings House Conference Centre
Kings Church
Sidney Street
Manchester
M1 7HB
Association of Child Death Review Professionals (ACDRP)
Annual Conference 2026
Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th November 2026
Bringing together professionals from across the UK to share learning, research and best practice in child death review.
We aim to deliver the following programme, which may be subject to change as we are finalising details.
Day One
National Updates • Research • Emerging Practice
Keynote presentations
- Parent Perspective – Child Bereavement UK
- NCMD: Successes & Future Challenges
- Genetic Causes of Death relating to Consanguinity
Interactive workshops
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- Public Health & CDOP Best Practice
- Medical Examiner / Child Death Review Interface
- Complexities surrounding Free Births
- Aluminium Phosphide Case Learning
- Resilience & Vicarious Trauma – Wellbeing support and practical tips
- Cross-border Child Death Reviews – Working together across boundaries, improving outcomes for children and families.
Day Two
Learning from Practice • Multi-agency Working • Improving Outcomes
Keynote presentations
- NCMD Modifiable Factors – New Guidance
- Multi-agency Review & Cross-border Working
- Police Case Learning: Inflicted Injury/Homicide
Interactive workshops
- Perspective from a Pathologist
- Emotional Resilience in Child Death Review
- Housing and Child Death Review
- Interactive Modifiable Factors Workshop
- Exploring the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families, with a focus on compassionate bereavement support
- Responding to the Death of a Child by Suicide within Muslim Communities – Postvention, Support and Good Practice

We invite you to save the date and join us for what promises to be both highly informative and collaborative days.
Target Audience: This event is aimed at all professionals working in child death review including Paediatricians, Nurses, GPs, Health Visitors, Midwives, Public Health, Police, Children’s Social Care, Coronial Service, Paramedics, CDOP Chairs, Managers, Administrators, Bereavement Specialists and other interested parties
Cost:
One Day: £210.00
Two Days: £345.00
Time: 9.00hrs – 17.00hrs each day
(subject to change, details will be released when programme has been confirmed)
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