The recommendation comes after Claire Biggs, 27, of Newham was sentenced for eight years for inflicting serious injuries on her two-month-old son Rhys who died in 2006. Because the cause of Rhys' death could not be established, Biggs was convicted of assault and her boyfriend with neglect.
But the charity is calling for the law to be extended so cases involving serious injury will also lead to the parents or carers to be convicting of causing or allowing the death of the child.
NSPCC lawyer Barbara Esam said: "Before the law of familial homicide was brought in, parents and carers could escape justice by remaining silent or blaming each other for the death of a child in their care.
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