A family day-care chain where a baby died earlier this year has shut all 56 of its services across Victoria.

Bambini Family Day Care was issued an emergency action notice about safe sleeping in February after a baby died in Skye, in Melbourne’s south-east.

A neighbour of the Bambini Family Day Care service on Balinga Drive in Skye reportedly heard a loud scream just before emergency services arrived in February. Credit: Nine News

While police said at the time that the circumstances were not suspicious, it prompted three separate and ongoing investigations by the regulator, the Coroner and WorkSafe.

After the death, all Bambini-affiliated family day-care services temporarily closed while sleep and rest risk assessments were completed by the regulator to ensure they were compliant.

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