Case Study: Duties To Notify Under The Notification Of Deaths Regulations 2019

• Published date: 04 November 2020
• Law Firm: Hill Dickinson
• Author: Leila Souss and Leah Selkirk

If a death is reported to the coroner, or indeed not reported to a coroner, and subsequent medical evidence (perhaps years later) suggests there was negligence, what are the obligations on the trust in terms of going back to/to the coroner?

Duties to notify under the Notification of Deaths Regulation 2019

The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 came into force on 1 October 2019, placing new duties on registered medical practitioners. The Regulations impose a duty on registered medical practitioners to notify a senior coroner of a person's death under specific circumstances.

The Regulations state that there is a duty to notify a relevant senior coroner of a death in certain...