National Confidential Enquiry into Head Injury in Children: call for panel assessors

Published: 08 January 2010

The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries are looking to recruit professionals who currently practice at a senior level in an NHS organisation to become panel assessors for the CMACE confidential enquiry into head injury in children.

CMACE are currently collecting six months of data on children who as a result of a head injury are transferred and/or admitted to hospital. Children who die as a result of their injuries are also included. Confidential enquiry panels will review a sample of 300 cases between July 2010 – September 2011 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

The confidential enquiry panels seek to review care against current guidance (e.g. NICE) and determine the associated outcome for the child with head injury.  Panel assessors carry out a review of the case notes to assess where, how and why standards of care may not have been met and what the potential impact might have been. Panels also seek to identify avoidable factors and highlight good practice.

For further information on the project, the role of panel assessors and how you can apply please click here. Further information can also be found at our website www.cmace.org.uk Alternatively please email headinjury@cmace.org.uk or telephone 020 7467 3223.