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Written question asked by Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 21 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Thursday, 6 March 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Post-mortems: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many parents who have experienced the death of a child have waited more than three months to receive the final post-mortem report.

Answer

The Department does not hold post-mortem reporting data. It is likely to be held by National Health Service trusts and Coroner’s Offices for the post-mortems they are responsible for.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
32696
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Children Post-mortems
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk