Reducing infant mortality and risk factors

• Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) review the deaths of all children to facilitate improvements - sleeping arrangements and smoking were identified as key modifiable factors. 
  
  
• Key risk factors in Staffordshire are: Smoking in pregnancy and low breastfeeding levels, with Staffordshire performing worse than national. Cannock Chase CCG performs worse for these factors when compared with national.
  
  
• Positively, access to infant healthcare checks is high despite COVID-19. Local data confirms two thirds received an antenatal contact with a Health Visitor at 28 weeks. Also new birth visits increased to 83% (2020/21).

Infant mortality risk factors