Gosport Independent Panel: Publication of Report

Nigel Huddleston Excerpts

Wednesday 20th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

We will, of course, look at that. That was why I said in my statement that there were failures by the Department of Health—the specific incident needs to be looked at—and also as the steward of the system in which so many other things went wrong.

[Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)]

Can the Secretary of State confirm that all deaths in the NHS will be properly assessed by a coroner or a medical examiner so that lessons can be learned and avoidable deaths minimised?

[Mr Hunt]

I can confirm that, from next April, all hospital deaths will be examined by an independent doctor—this is the medical examiner process. We are expanding the learning from deaths programme to primary care. That is exactly where we want to go.