The number of child deaths has hit record levels, with hundreds more children dying since the pandemic, shocking new figures show.
More than 3,700 children died in England between April 2022 and March 2023, including those who died as a result of abuse and neglect, suicide, perinatal and neonatal events and surgery, new data from the National Child Mortality Database has revealed – with more than a third of the deaths considered avoidable.
