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41: Instruct doctors on Coroner’s Act

From The Royal Liverpool Children’s Inquiry — Full Report (HC 12-II), published 30 January 2001.

Recommendation

The Department of Health, the Royal Colleges and medical schools shall instruct members of the medical profession in the precise terms and provisions of the Coroner’s Act 1988 and in particular the circumstances in which it is obligatory to report cases to the Coroner.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 353
Reference: Chapter 9, 55. Recommendations for Clinicians

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Alder Hey Inquiry
Report The Royal Liverpool Children’s Inquiry — Full Report (HC 12-II) 30 Jan 2001
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Themes and tags

Staff training and development Staff policy awareness Coroner family information gaps
Recommendation made 25.7 years ago