Former children's minister Edward Timpson, who chairs the panel, said the panel had been notified of a "significant number" of serious child safeguarding cases which raise issues that are complex and of national importance in relation to sudden unexpected deaths of infants (SUDI).
"We continue to see such cases month after month - over 40 in the 16 months since we began our work - and SUDI cases are one of the most frequent causes of child death that we see," a letter from Timpson to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, outlining the terms of the review, states.
The review will be led by panel member Peter Sidebotham, emeritus professor of child health at Warwick Medical School. It is due to begin this month and take six months.
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