Sudden unexplained death in childhood debated in Parliament

Sudden unexplained death in childhood debated in Parliament

Ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng tells Parliament sudden unexplained child deaths need more attention.

Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Debated in UK Parliament for the First Time

On Tuesday, January 17,  British Conservative Party politician Kwasi Kwarteng led a Westminster Hall debate on the sudden unexplained deaths of children without any known cause. SUDC is the sudden and unexpected death of a child between 1 and 18 years of age, which remains unexplained after a thorough investigation is conducted, according to SUDC…

Sudden unexplained death in childhood debated in Parliament

The issue of children dying unexpectedly and without any known cause has been debated in Parliament for the first time. Sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) is a rare category of death in which the cause remains unknown even after thorough investigation. Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, ...

Sudden unexplained death in childhood debated in Parliament

The MPs were united in their call for more research to be carried out; only 55 research papers have been published worldwide into SUDC, whereas 12,000 have been conducted into Sudden Infant Death S…