Post-mortems
Commons · Question 26955 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
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
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 12 Feb 2025
Workforce 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...