About reviews and updates

You may have noticed on our baby safety webpages; we include the dates that the webpage was last reviewed and last updated.

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How ‘reviews and updates to information’ will look

All of our baby safety pages have a section at the bottom of that page showing when the information was last reviewed, and last updated. Here’s an example of what that looks like:

Review status

This page was last reviewed on:
Next review:
Last updated:

About reviews and updates to our information

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What do these dates mean?

We regularly review and update our information to ensure you’re always receiving the most helpful, expert and evidence-based guidance.

  • Last reviewed: This is the date our team last formally assessed the content on this page to ensure the information is accurate, up-to-date and in-line with the latest guidance and evidence. Our information reviews may lead to content or advice changes.
  • Next review due: This tells you when we plan to carry out the next formal review of the content. If this date is in the past, rest assured that we are still working on updating the content – there are likely other factors at play that are making the review more complicated. This could be the release of new research, for example.
  • Last updated: This is the date the webpage was last edited. Updates may include small changes like correcting a typo, fixing a broken link, adding a new resource or adding smaller snippets of new information. This can be anything that doesn’t require a full review of the whole page.
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Our information processes

Decades of research, evidence, expert guidelines and data inform the life-saving advice and guidance that we share today. Our evidence base outlines these studies in greater detail.

Our baby safety webpages are usually the most up-to-date source of information here at The Lullaby Trust. Print products that you order from us, or receive from other organisations, are also regularly reviewed – but they may remain in circulation for longer. This means that the information they contain may not always reflect the very latest guidance available online.

  • When there is new research, data or evidence related to reducing unexpected infant deaths, it is thoroughly reviewed by our panel of experts before any guidance is changed or developed.
  • We work closely with healthcare professionals, researchers, statisticians, pathologists and experts in infant care and practice.
  • We may consult with or draw upon the expertise or data of other charities and organisations within our process, such as the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), Shared Health Foundation, The International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death (ISPID) or the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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