Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116917

Post-mortems: Children

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (i) number and (ii) adequacy of provision of paediatric post-mortem specialists in (a) Gloucestershire, (b) the South West and (c) England.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold information on the number of paediatric post mortem specialists either across England or in the South West or Gloucestershire regions.NHS England does publish monthly information on the number of staff employed in the National...

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