Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 37565
Medical Examiners: Death Certificates
Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 21 March 2025
Question
Melanie Onn
Labour — Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of assessments undertaken by medical examiners to establish causes of death.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Medical examiner offices are staffed at a trust level with oversight and guidance from the National Medical Examiner based in NHS ...
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