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New Reforms Could Cut the Number of Unexplained Infant Deaths
Sally Clark was arrested in 1998 for the murder of her two infant sons. She was imprisoned but won her appeal in 2003. She died in March this year. The consequences of the case, says Jonathan Gornall, have been devastating for her family and far reaching for the medical and other professions involved.
Protocols introduced as a direct result of the case will be obligatory by April 2008 – the statutory process allowing this to happen has been astoundingly fast says the writer. Peter Fleming, a professor of infant health in Bristol, who implemented a structured system in Avon which will form the template of what will become nationwide protocol, says:
“(this) reflects huge concern within the professions that professionals and families were being let down by the system because nobody knew quite what was required of them.”
The reforms establish a standard routine for a collaborative multi-agency response to every sudden unexpected infant death, detailing what is expected from ambulance crews, A&E staff, child protection co-ordinators, coroners, GPs, midwives, pediatricians, pathologists, police and social workers.
Two key changes are that police should visit the home with a pediatrician and a pediatric pathologist should always carry out the examination.
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