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.
Gov response: The Metropolitan Police Service informed the Inquiry that it has accepted this recommendation.
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
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 …
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
R68 — Consultant involvement in death certificates
Recommendation: Health Boards should ensure that where a death occurs in hospital the consultant in charge of the patients care is involved in completion of the death certificate wherever practicable.
Gov response: Section 4.1 of the Scottish Government's response introduces the chapter as focusing on professional standards and measures to govern death certification, including recommendation 68. However, the "Our current position" subsections within the provided text do …
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 …
Gov response: Council Leader Cammy Day stated: 'We know that serious mistakes were made in the construction of the original tram line.' The Council broadly agrees with Lord Hardie's recommendations but notes improvements were already implemented for …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
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 …
Gov response: Council Leader Cammy Day stated: 'We know that serious mistakes were made in the construction of the original tram line.' The Council broadly agrees with Lord Hardie's recommendations but notes improvements were already implemented for …
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs