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Written Question
Perinatal Mortality: Coroners
Friday 22nd October 2021

Asked by: Hilary Benn (Labour - Leeds Central)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ask coroners to prioritise post-mortems and the holding of inquests for babies that have died.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Whilst mindful of how tragic and disturbing the loss of a child is, coroners are independent judicial office holders and therefore it would be inappropriate for Ministers to advise them on how they should make their judicial decisions.

The Chief Coroner, who provides leadership, guidance and support to coroners, has issued Guidance No. 28 to coroners on decision making and expedited decisions.


Lords Chamber
Health and Care Bill
2nd reading - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Farmer (CON - Life peer) They also deploy community-based clinical expertise for conditions such as allergies, continence, perinatal - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharkey (LDEM - Life peer) It is well evidenced that patients treated in research-active settings have lower mortality rates and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neuberger (CB - Life peer) constitutional powers by being excluded from the safe space while the same exclusion does not apply to coroners - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bull (CB - Life peer) Annual mortality reviews have highlighted their increased likelihood of dying from causes that could - Speech Link
5: Baroness Sater (CON - Life peer) What is known and appreciated is that the risk factors for later mortality are laid down in the teens - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department of Health and Social Care

Sep. 21 2021

Source Page: Safety of maternity services in England: government response
Document: The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: safety of maternity services in England (web accessible version) (PDF)

Found: of its reports, strengthen ed its collaboration with Trusts and multidisciplinary engagement with perinatal


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department of Health and Social Care

Sep. 21 2021

Source Page: Safety of maternity services in England: government response
Document: The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: safety of maternity services in England (print version) (PDF)

Found: of its reports, strengthen ed its collaboration with Trusts and multidisciplinary engagement with perinatal


Select Committee
Response to this report

Inquiry Publications Sep. 21 2021

Inquiry: Safety of maternity services in England
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: of its reports, strengthen ed its collaboration with Trusts and multidisciplinary engagement with perinatal


Written Question
Perinatal Mortality: Coroners
Monday 6th September 2021

Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on coronial investigations of stillbirths.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

Work on analysing the responses to the consultation on coronial investigations of stillbirths has been delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we plan to publish the response to the consultation as soon as possible.


Westminster Hall
Reducing Baby Loss - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (LAB - Sheffield, Hallam) Services are seriously overstretched, underfunded and understaffed, and huge health inequalities in perinatal - Speech Link
2: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) We know how important coroners’ inquiries can be in getting to the truth and preventing future deaths - Speech Link
3: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Like many Members, she talked about the huge inequalities in perinatal outcomes. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults - POST-PN-0648
Jul. 21 2021

Found: who is affected .142 For instan ce, in England , changes to collect suicide data more quickly from coroners


Written Question
Coroners: Perinatal Mortality
Wednesday 7th April 2021

Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made regarding the consultation on coronial investigations of stillbirths since it closed on 18 June 2019.

Answered by Lord Bethell

Work on analysing the responses to the consultation has been delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic but we hope to publish the response to the consultation as soon as possible.


Deposited Papers
Department of Health and Social Care

Mar. 17 2021

Source Page: Terms of reference. Independent investigation into East Kent Maternity Services. 5p.
Document: independent_investigation_into_East_Kent_Maternity_Services_TOR.pdf (PDF)

Found: Reviews The invited review by the RCOG in 2015/16 The invited RCPCH review in 2015 Perinatal