Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 26955
Post-mortems
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the turnaround times for (a) hospital and (b) HM Coroner's Office post mortems in (i) neonatal and paediatric and (ii) other cases.
Answer
Ashley DaltonWorkforce shortages in paediatric and perinatal pathology have led to longer turnaround times for hospital post-mortem reports in some areas of England. NHS England has established a national work programme to address these shortages. A £20,000 recruitmen...
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