Safer Sleeping Resources

LLR SAFER SLEEPING RISK ASSESSMENT

Since 2018, across Leicestershire & Rutland, an average of 4 babies per year have died suddenly and unexpectedly in unsafe sleeping environments. These deaths are potentially preventable. Safer sleeping practices can reduce the risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and accidental suffocation.

This tool helps practitioners work with families to identify those who are at most risk, identify support needs, and develop a plan to reduce risks. It can be used as a basis for conversations about safer sleeping, and to reinforce safer sleeping messages. It can be used more than once, as family routines change over time.

LLR Safer Sleeping Risk Assessment Tool

LLR Safer Sleeping Risk Assessment

LLR Safer Sleeping Sleep Plan

Training Video - Safer sleeping for babies: the LLR Safer Sleeping Risk Assessment Tool

KEY SAFE SLEEP MESSAGES

Lullaby Trust ABC of Safer Sleeping: At every sleep, placed on their Back in a Clear cot or sleep space.

The safest place for a baby to sleep is in a smoke-free environment, in the same room as their parent/carer, for at least the first six months of life. Babies should be placed on their back, with their feet at the foot of the sleep space, on a firm, flat clear surface. We cannot prevent every death, but there are lots of positive steps that can be taken together to reduce the risks.

Easy read card

The Lullaby Trust provide a 2-sided card giving key advice for reducing the risk of sudden infant death.

A single copy can be downloaded here.

If you want to purchase printed copies or download the card in another language, go to https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/professionals/publications/

Safer sleep for emergency situations Lullaby Trust leaflet

Fleeing from conflict or crisis means sleeping conditions will be unpredictable – the Lullaby Trust have adapted their safer sleep advice based on different sleeping situations:

https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Safer-sleep-for-emergency-situations.pdf

Video Resources

The Lullaby Trust has produced several safer sleep videos.

All of their essential safer sleep information is in the video below.