| Heading: |
Post-mortems |
| Question ID: |
1743525 |
| UIN: |
15419 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1521 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
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| Asking Member handle: |
SharonHodgsonMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonHodgsonMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents do not have to wait six months or more for post-mortem results following the death of a baby. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-11-29 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises the significant impact of delays in post-mortems on bereaved families. Specialised perinatal pathology services provide medical investigations, including post-mortem examinations following the death of a foetus or baby. These ser... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |