HC Deb 22 March 2004 vol 419 cc597-8W
Mr. Fabian Hamilton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether NHS hospital staff are obliged to see green forms issued by a registrar of births, marriages and deaths prior to the release of a body; [159965]

(2) what powers NHS staff have to prevent the release of a body from a hospital solely because funeral arrangements have not been made; [159999]

(3) under what powers staff in the NHS must release the bodies of those who die in hospitals. [160000]

Waiting times for patients referred urgently by their GP with suspected breast cancer to fist out-patient appointment: NHS Trusts in Buckinghamshire
Quarter/NHS Trust Percentage of patients seen in two weeks Total patients seen Patients seen in two weeks
Quarter 3
Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust 100 322 322
Milton Keynes General NHS Trust 100 104 104

Source:

Department of Health form QMCW.