27 January 2025
Length: 1 hour
This webinar was presented by Dr Suzy Lishman CBE, senior adviser on medical examiners at the Royal College of Pathologists, and Dr Jerard Ross, MDU medico-legal adviser, and looked at the recent death certification reforms in England and Wales, including:
• The new medical certificate of cause of death
• The role of the Medical Examiner
• Changes to the role of the Coroner
• Changes to the role of the Registrar
• Changes to cremation forms
This webinar is relevant to anyone from primary or secondary care in England and Wales, who writes death certificates or refers deaths to the Coroner.
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