Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81668

Human Remains

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of systems for the handling of human remains.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
In July 2025 the Fuller Inquiry’s phase 2 final report was published, which looked at the wider national lessons for hospital and non-hospital settings where the deceased are cared for. It examined whether procedures and practices safeguard the security a...
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