Abstract Background The death of a child is an enormous tragedy for both the family and others involved. A child’s death appeals to everyone’s responsibility to take measures to prevent similar deaths in the future. Child Death Review (CDR) is an interagency approach in which a child’s death is systematically analyzed by a multidisciplinary team. The aim of CDR is to identify avoidable factors that give direction to prevention and to improve death statistics. CDR is not yet implemented in the Netherlands. The purpose of this study is to determine Dutch stakeholders’ opinions regarding the facilitating and impeding factors in the implementation of CDR in the Netherlands. Methods Four focus groups were conducted: three with professionals who are involved in children’s deaths and one with parents who have lost a child under the age of 2 years. The recorded discussions were transcribed and analyzed using Atlas ti. The facilitating and impeding factors were measured using the measurement instrument for ...