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This site includes information about child deaths, which some readers may find distressing. If you need support, free and confidential help is available

We wish to convey our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the infants, children and young people in NSW who have died. It is our foremost responsibility to learn from these deaths and to use that knowledge to make a difference.

NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2024-25

Overview

The NSW Child Death Review Team’s Annual Report for 2024–25 outlines the CDRT’s work and activities for that financial year, and progress in its recommendations to reduce preventable deaths.

It highlights the CDRT’s work to understand and prevent child deaths, advance targeted research, and strengthen interagency action. Covering activities from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, it details progress on recommendations, ongoing research into suicide prevention and perinatal deaths and the development of the CDRT’s Strategic Priorities 2025-30.

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30 October 2025

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Please note

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with lived experience should be aware that this report includes information about child deaths.

We use the Mindframe guidelines on responsible, accurate and safe suicide and self-harm reporting.

In this document

It reports on the CDRT’s work, research and collaboration over the year. It also reports on the CDRT's monitoring of its recommendations on sudden unexpected deaths in infancy and youth suicide prevention.

The report outlines achievements from the 2022–25 Strategic Plan and introduces the CDRT's Strategic Priorities 2025–30.