Welcome to ‘Eyes on the Baby’, a multi-agency SUDI prevention training and implementation programme.

The programme was developed in 2022-23 with Durham County Council and partners.

The County Durham Final Report can be accessed here

More details about the County Durham pilot project can be found here

It was further refined in 2023-24 with Northumberland County Council and partners.

The Northumberland Final Report can be accessed here

More details about the Northumberland pilot project can be found here

In 2024 Eyes on the Baby will be implemented in Darlington, and by the North East Ambulance Service

Publications:

Ball, H. L., Grieve, L. M., Keegan, A.-A., Cooper, L., Lovell-Kennedy, S., Newbury-Birch, D., Cleghorn, N., & Healy, A. (2024). Piloting Eyes on the Baby: A Multiagency Training and Implementation Intervention Linking Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention and Safeguarding. Health & Social Care in the Community2024, 4944268. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/4944268

Ball, H. L., Keegan, A.-A., Whitehouse, D. R., Cooper, L. S., Lovell-Kennedy, S. R., Murray, L. M., Newbury-Birch, D., Cleghorn, N. J., & Healy, A. (2023). Multiagency approaches to preventing sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI): a review and analysis of UK policies. BMJ Public Health1(1), e000017. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000017