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Coroners’ System and Death Certification

That is where cross-Government work is not working. The Minister relied heavily on her brief from the Department of Health to address that point, although I do not criticise her for that. The system could lead to a three-stage medical examination, because the coroner’s medical adviser will have to check, on behalf of relatives, what the medical examiner who was employed by the trust has done. Will the Minister look into that on the public’s behalf to ensure that the medical examiner of death certificates is sited in the coroner’s office? That is logical and would fit naturally into her Bill. Her Department has to start asserting itself.