The parents of a nine-month-old girl who died after being placed in an unsafe sleeping position at nursery said they feared poor practice may be “rife” across England. The sector has come under intense scrutiny in recent months after the cases of Vincent Chan and Nathan Bennett, nursery workers who sexually assaulted children in their care. Katie Meehan, 42, said she was “really shocked” by the extent of unsafe sleeping practice that had been revealed when nurseries wrote privately to the government about the planned changes this year. Katie Meehan, who is working closely with the government and Ofsted, said the responses suggested unsafe sleeping may be “rife” across England and that they were a “wake-up call” for the regulator and officials. The DfE said: “What happened to Genevieve was a tragedy, and her parents’ campaigning has already changed practice across the country.