National Guidelines to Be Set for Cot Death Probes Report Prompts New Rules in Wake of Tragic Cases

Sunday HeraldMay 02, 2005

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NATIONAL guidelines are being drawn up for the first time in Scotland to ensure cot deaths are properly investigated.

The move comes after a report last year from the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health outlined how sudden infant deaths should be dealt with.

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National Guidelines to Be Set for Cot Death Probes Report Prompts New Rules in Wake of Tragic Cases

The working group, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, made a series of recommendations on the investigation of cot deaths in England and Wales in the wake of the cases of Angela Cannings, Sally Clark and Trupti Patel, who were wrongly accused of killing their babies and later cleared.

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