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Post-mortems: Pathology

Asked by Alison HumeLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 February 2025UIN 30855

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average time taken to carry out postmortems by pathologists ordered by a coroner in (a) the UK and (b) North Yorkshire.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The Government has not made an estimate of the average time taken to carry out postmortems ordered by a coroner.

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