Medical Examiners: Death Certificates
Commons · Question 26671 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of average waiting times for Medical Examiner scrutiny of deaths since the statutory extension of the service to all deaths in England and Wales;
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 11 Sep 2026
I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided to the Hon Member for Leeds South West and Morley on 8 July 2026 in response to Questions 15549, 15557, and 15558.