Statutory duty for doctors and other public service personnel to report deaths to the coroner
Status: Closed - with response
Open date: 26 July 2007
Close date: 07 September 2007
Responses published: 21 May 2008
This consultation made proposals on who should have a duty to report deaths to the coroner, the circumstances and categories of deaths that should be reported, and possible sanctions that may apply if there is a failure to report a relevant death.
Consultation paper
- Consultation paper (PDF 0.15mb 39 pages)
- Summary of questions (Word 0.05mb 2 pages)
Responses
The response document provides an analysis of the responses received, the policy decisions included in the Coroners Bill and sets out the next steps to develop national guidance for doctors about the categories of deaths that should be reported to the coroner.
- Summary of responses (PDF 0.26mb 68 pages)
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