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709731

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Pathology in England and Wales Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the Government's response to the Hutton review of forensic pathology in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	67380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The key strategic recommendations of the Hutton review of forensic pathology have been discussed both with Home Office ministers and at a bi-lateral meeting between Home Office and Ministry of Justice ministers.</p><p>Whilst it was recognised the longer-term resilience of both services would be best addressed through a ‘combined autopsy service’, it was decided that more urgent issues in coronial pathology should be addressed first. Therefore the Home Office will retain responsibility for the running of forensic pathology, whilst the Ministry of Justice will work with other relevant government departments to take forward the coronial pathology issues raised by Professor Hutton in his report.</p><p>In addition there have been a number of important changes recommendations that have been implemented, including guidance for first attenders in respect of dealing with sudden and unexpected deaths, the establishment of a national list of paediatric and organ specific pathologists willing to engage in police cases and the commencement of a number of reviews in response to detailed recommendations on training, the Code of Practice/Performance Standards implemented by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/03/2017 16:17:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709717

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Post-mortems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for carrying out post-mortems for (a) children and (b) adults was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	67295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/03/2017 17:53:30 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709741

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of bodies were released by coroners within the Chief Coroner's target of three days in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	67281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/03/2017 17:44:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709751

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Post-mortems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will increase the fee paid to pathologists who conduct post-mortem examinations for coroners.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	67379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps statutory fees under review but has no plans at the present time to amend the fees paid for coronial post-mortem examinations.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/03/2017 17:45:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709720

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pathology: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of pathologists.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	67294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for staffing levels rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service, taking into account skill mix and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Working with local providers, it is Health Education England’s responsibility to determine the appropriate numbers of students the NHS needs in training on an annual basis. Its latest Workforce Plan for England covering the period 2016/17 is available in this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent NHS workforce statistics from NHS Digital for staff working in trusts and clinical commissioning groups shows that the full time equivalent number of doctors within the pathology specialty group is 4,125 representing an increase of more than 11% increase since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 67296 question first answered 17/03/2017 09:52:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

709718

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Post-mortems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the number of pathologists available to conduct post-mortem examinations for coroners.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	67296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for staffing levels rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service, taking into account skill mix and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Working with local providers, it is Health Education England’s responsibility to determine the appropriate numbers of students the NHS needs in training on an annual basis. Its latest Workforce Plan for England covering the period 2016/17 is available in this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Workforce%20Plan%20for%20England%202016-17.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent NHS workforce statistics from NHS Digital for staff working in trusts and clinical commissioning groups shows that the full time equivalent number of doctors within the pathology specialty group is 4,125 representing an increase of more than 11% increase since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 67294 question first answered 17/03/2017 09:52:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston