A forgotten service
Chief coroner lists failings in system of investigating unexpected deaths
The coroner system in England and Wales can still be regarded as a largely “forgotten service”, the chief coroner said in a coruscating lecture last night. It was timed to mark the tenth anniversary of the Coroners and Justice Act, a limited reform that was passed by parliament in 2009 but not implemented until 2013.
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