Misleading Information to Coroner
Concerns regarding a local council providing potentially misleading or incomplete information to a coroner about a death.
5 items
1 source
4 inquiries
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Misleading Information to Coroner has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
5 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (5)
82 — Metropolitan Police investigation into Lambeth Council
Recommendation: The Metropolitan Police Service should consider whether there are grounds for a criminal investigation into Lambeth Council's actions when providing information to the coroner about the circumstances surrounding LA-A2's death.
No response yet
30 — National protocol on duties relating to inquests
Recommendation: A national protocol should be drawn up setting out the duties of all Trusts and their staff in relation to inquests. This should include, but not be limited to, the avoidance of attempts to 'fend off' inquests, a mandatory requirement …
Words of: Department of Health, Learning not blaming (Cm 9113), government response to the Morecambe Bay Investigation and two other reports, July 2015
Gov response: 67. We accept this recommendation in principle. We will give further thought, with the Ministry of Justice and Chief Coroner's Office, to whether an additional protocol would be helpful in guiding appropriate behaviour in relation …
Accepted in part
R68 — Consultant involvement in death certificates
Recommendation: Health Boards should ensure that where a death occurs in hospital the consultant in charge of the patient’s care is involved in the completion of the death certificate wherever practicable, and that such involvement is clearly recorded in the patient …
Words of: Scottish Government, The Scottish Government's Response to the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report, section 1.3, 18 June 2015
Gov response: The Scottish Government accepts its responsibility for the failings identified in the report and we apologise unreservedly for the suffering and loss caused. We accept in full all of the report's recommendations.
Accepted
ETI-21 — Duty of Officials to Councillors
Recommendation: Local authority officials should be mindful at all times of the distinction in roles between them and councillors, who are solely responsible for strategic decisions, and of their duty to provide accurate reports to councillors to enable them to take …
Words of: Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council, report "Response to the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry" to the Council, 14 December 2023 (item 7.1)
Gov response: The Council’s relationship with its Arm-Length External Organisations (ALEOs) is outlined in the Tram Inquiry report and there are two recommendations (20 and 21) that relate to misleading the authority, scrutiny and challenge and the …
Accepted
ETI-20 — Prohibition on Misleading Reports from ALEOs
Recommendation: The directors, employees and consultants of the company responsible for the procurement and delivery of the project as project managers, including an arm’s-length external organisation (“ALEO”) wholly owned by the local authority that is the promoter and owner of the …
Words of: Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council, report "Response to the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry" to the Council, 14 December 2023 (item 7.1)
Gov response: The Council’s relationship with its Arm-Length External Organisations (ALEOs) is outlined in the Tram Inquiry report and there are two recommendations (20 and 21) that relate to misleading the authority, scrutiny and challenge and the …
Accepted