Briefing Paper 13: National guidance on Learning from Deaths, and the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme (29 July 2019)

Summary

This briefing paper summarises the main points of the national guidance on Learning from Deaths, published in March 2017, and how it relates to the LeDeR programme. The national guidance provides a framework for NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts to identify, report, investigate and learn from deaths that occur in their care.