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The national drug-related deaths database (Scotland) report 2011

Third report from the National Drug Related Deaths Database (NDRDD) for Scotland which presents data for the calendar year 2011. The NDRDD was established to collect detailed information regarding the nature and social circumstances of individuals who have died a drug-related death.

This report supplements the routine reporting of drug related deaths in Scotland by the National Records of Scotland (NRS), formerly known as the General Register Office for Scotland.

A report into the deaths of looked after children in Scotland 2009-2011

Report that aims to:

  • identify characteristics of those children who have died and the reasons for each of their deaths
  • consider the circumstances of their deaths and comment on the reports local authorities provide
  • identify any possible implications for the future care of children and young people, always with an eye to whether there are lessons to be learned.

    Serious and fatal child maltreatment: setting serious case review data in context with other data on violent and maltreatment-related deaths in 2009-10

    This interim report summarises data from Serious Case Reviews (SCR) notified to the Department for Education during 2009-10.

    The aim of this work is to provide up to date, comprehensive data on serious and fatal maltreatment of children in England, and to set those data in the context of other relevant data on children’s health, well-being and possible harm. This has been achieved through a descriptive analysis of Serious Case Reviews from 2009-10, using data from the database reports.

    Worcestershire safeguarding children board: serious case review relating to children BW and CW

    Summary of a serious case review undertaken by Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) following the death in 2010 of BW and the serious injury to CW. The decision to proceed with a review was taken in 2010 by the Independent Chair of Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board, Hilary Thompson.

    The aftershock of deindustrialisation : trends in mortality in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe

    Report of a study which attempted to improve understanding of the role of post-industrial decline on the health of Scotland through making comparisons between Scotland and other areas of Europe which have experienced a similar process of industrialisation and de-industrialisation.