HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 c319W
Mr. Patrick Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he has taken to address issues arising from the undignified and disrespectful placing of bodies in the Chapel of Rest of the mortuary at Bedford Hospital. [146013]

Mr. Denham

The report of a full investigation by the Eastern Region of the National Health Service Executive will be published and placed in the Library. The Health and Safety Executive is due to visit Bedford Hospital on 18 January 2001 and the Commission for Health Improvement will include the mortuary facilities as part of its wider inspection of the hospital which will begin on 29 January 2001.