Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119161

Post-mortems: Children

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 7 April 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the length of the waiting list for post-mortem examinations for children.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England is aware of the workforce challenges within perinatal pathology, which can impact on waiting times. A national programme was established in late 2022 to address this, and significant work has been undertaken in relation to workforce funding, t...

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