Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40896

Death Certificates: Wales

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 27 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Llinos Medi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with the Welsh Government of the effectiveness of (a) death certification reforms and (b) the statutory medical examiner system; and if he will undertake a review of the

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Overall, the implementation of the reforms has been effective and medical examiners are conducting scrutiny of the causes of death...

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