Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 24357
Perinatal Mortality: Coroners
Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 20 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mike Martin
Liberal Democrat — Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the powers of Coroners to include the investigation of stillbirths.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Justice jointly consulted on proposals to provide coroners with new powers to investigate term stillbirths in 2019. In 2023, a factual summary of responses to the consultation was published. The...
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