Medical Examiners (UK)
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We are the Medical Examiners Office hosted by ASPHFT: sharing our learning from the Death Certification Reforms 9th Sept 2024
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Posts by @tanayas.bsky.social
@AsphMedEx from the old site
#Medsky #MedEd #MedicalExaminers
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In England & Wales, Medical Examiner Offices are hosted by Acute Trusts, but report to @nhsengland.bsky.social
This is us, the ME Office hosted by Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHSFT *waves*
This is us, the ME Office hosted by Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHSFT *waves*
Tuesday marks 1 year since the Medical Examiner Service became statutory. Since 9th Sept 2024 we have endeavoured to ensure deaths in NW #Surrey are explained with care, compassion & transparency—supporting families & improving patient safety every day. Here’s our year in numbers #MedicalExaminers
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tuesday marks 1 year since the Medical Examiner Service became statutory. Since 9th Sept 2024 we have endeavoured to ensure deaths in NW #Surrey are explained with care, compassion & transparency—supporting families & improving patient safety every day. Here’s our year in numbers #MedicalExaminers
Financial services company SunLife found that the average funeral cost in 2024 was £4,285. In London, it was £5,449 - a 5.4% increase from the year before and 58% higher than in the least expensive region, Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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London funeral costs highest in UK, report finds - BBC News
The average price in 2024 was £5,449, which is a 5.4% increase on the year before, the report says.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Financial services company SunLife found that the average funeral cost in 2024 was £4,285. In London, it was £5,449 - a 5.4% increase from the year before and 58% higher than in the least expensive region, Northern Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Position Statement on Terminally Ill Adult (End Of Life) Bill @rcpath.bsky.social
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June 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Position Statement on Terminally Ill Adult (End Of Life) Bill @rcpath.bsky.social
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www.rcpath.org/discover-pat...
Pre-dates the statutory roll-out of the #MedicalExaminers service: TAVI mortality rate at the time (2020) was three times higher than the UK average
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Police launch investigation into heart operation deaths at NHS hospital - BBC News
Patients who died at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull may have suffered avoidable harm, documents suggest.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Pre-dates the statutory roll-out of the #MedicalExaminers service: TAVI mortality rate at the time (2020) was three times higher than the UK average
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@rcpsych.bsky.social cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales in its current form and is once again urging MPs to look at our concerns ahead of the pivotal Commons Report stage debate and Third Reading. More here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
@rcpsych.bsky.social cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales in its current form and is once again urging MPs to look at our concerns ahead of the pivotal Commons Report stage debate and Third Reading. More here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
Visual legal standards for motorists is "ineffective and unsafe" #coroner says.
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Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes - BBC News
Visual legal standards for motorists is "ineffective and unsafe", a coroner says.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Visual legal standards for motorists is "ineffective and unsafe" #coroner says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Strong words from the Senior Coroner for East London
#MedicalExaminers www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2509405...
#MedicalExaminers www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2509405...
East London GPs slammed over unnecessary autopsies of 'white Christian' patients
Dead people in east London are undergoing unnecessary autopsies as GPs aren't handling their deaths properly, particularly if they are white, a…
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Strong words from the Senior Coroner for East London
#MedicalExaminers www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2509405...
#MedicalExaminers www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/2509405...
Family say dad's body unburied after nine months - as they call for an inquest into his death www.itv.com/news/border/...
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April 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Family say dad's body unburied after nine months - as they call for an inquest into his death www.itv.com/news/border/...
“Reasonable precautions” could have stopped baby deaths - BBC Scotland
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'Reasonable precautions' could have stopped baby deaths - BBC News
Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick and Mira-Belle Bosch died within hours of their births in two Lanarkshire hospitals.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“Reasonable precautions” could have stopped baby deaths - BBC Scotland
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Human Rights and the proposals for Hillsborough Law: Govt response
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March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Human Rights and the proposals for Hillsborough Law: Govt response
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Really important and moving account of state failure in this weekend's @financialtimes.com that is free to read for all here:
My brother, the NHS and the inquest into a needless death
My brother spent the last hours of his life trying in vain to get basic help from the NHS. Why?
www.ft.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really important and moving account of state failure in this weekend's @financialtimes.com that is free to read for all here:
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Nottingham University Hospitals Trust pleaded guilty earlier today to charges related to 3 baby deaths in 2021. It will be sentenced next week and will likely face a substantial fine.
In 2023, it was fined £800,000 in a prosecution by the CQC following the death of baby Wynter Andrews in 2019.
In 2023, it was fined £800,000 in a prosecution by the CQC following the death of baby Wynter Andrews in 2019.
🚨NEW: Detectives are investigating how records linked to the worst maternity scandal in NHS history were mysteriously deleted. Its linked to the discovery of 300 more cases that has meant the Ockenden inquiry will be delayed until June 2026. 1/3
February 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust pleaded guilty earlier today to charges related to 3 baby deaths in 2021. It will be sentenced next week and will likely face a substantial fine.
In 2023, it was fined £800,000 in a prosecution by the CQC following the death of baby Wynter Andrews in 2019.
In 2023, it was fined £800,000 in a prosecution by the CQC following the death of baby Wynter Andrews in 2019.
🚨TW: a thread on death
There has been a lot of discussion this week around delays to obtaining a death certificate, which highlights misunderstandings around the documents that accompany a death
So…
What is a “Death Certificate”?
#MedicalExaminers #DeathCertification #journosky #medsky 1/
There has been a lot of discussion this week around delays to obtaining a death certificate, which highlights misunderstandings around the documents that accompany a death
So…
What is a “Death Certificate”?
#MedicalExaminers #DeathCertification #journosky #medsky 1/
February 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨TW: a thread on death
There has been a lot of discussion this week around delays to obtaining a death certificate, which highlights misunderstandings around the documents that accompany a death
So…
What is a “Death Certificate”?
#MedicalExaminers #DeathCertification #journosky #medsky 1/
There has been a lot of discussion this week around delays to obtaining a death certificate, which highlights misunderstandings around the documents that accompany a death
So…
What is a “Death Certificate”?
#MedicalExaminers #DeathCertification #journosky #medsky 1/
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There is no point the BBC criticising the new system and naming medical examiners if the actual delay is caused by the work overload in the Coronial/judicial parts of the system.
February 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
There is no point the BBC criticising the new system and naming medical examiners if the actual delay is caused by the work overload in the Coronial/judicial parts of the system.
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🚨NEW: Detectives are investigating how records linked to the worst maternity scandal in NHS history were mysteriously deleted. Its linked to the discovery of 300 more cases that has meant the Ockenden inquiry will be delayed until June 2026. 1/3
February 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🚨NEW: Detectives are investigating how records linked to the worst maternity scandal in NHS history were mysteriously deleted. Its linked to the discovery of 300 more cases that has meant the Ockenden inquiry will be delayed until June 2026. 1/3
This is disappointing reporting, *again*
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I've waited seven weeks to give my dad a funeral' - BBC News
Gemma Whysall says the new death certification process left her and her family in limbo for weeks.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is disappointing reporting, *again*
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: A coroner has warned the government about the social housing shortage following the death of a man who took his own life after an eviction left him homeless, which left him separated from his family and living in a vehicle
By me for Inside Housing (£, 🧵) www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/social-...
By me for Inside Housing (£, 🧵) www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/social-...
Social housing shortage cited in prevention of future deaths report issued to MHCLG after homeless man takes own life
A coroner has warned the government about the social housing shortage following the death of a man who took his own life after an eviction left him homeless.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
NEW: A coroner has warned the government about the social housing shortage following the death of a man who took his own life after an eviction left him homeless, which left him separated from his family and living in a vehicle
By me for Inside Housing (£, 🧵) www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/social-...
By me for Inside Housing (£, 🧵) www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/social-...
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🚨 Exclusive: A coroner wants to reopen an inquest into the death of a teenager who died during an operation by a disgraced NHS surgeon: www.thetimes.com/article/045e...
Inquest may reopen into girl who died on rogue surgeon’s table
The family of Catherine O’Connor, 17, believe they have evidence showing John Bradley Williamson was dishonest about his ‘unjustifiable’ actions
www.thetimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨 Exclusive: A coroner wants to reopen an inquest into the death of a teenager who died during an operation by a disgraced NHS surgeon: www.thetimes.com/article/045e...