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Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Medical Examiners and Medical Examiner Officers have been recruited since the implementation of the death certification reforms in September 2024.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
8 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Medical Examiners and Medical Examiner Officers have been recruited since the implementation of the death certification reforms in September 2024.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The workforce at medical examiner offices in 2025 is broadly in line with modelled expectations. In Wales, the medical examiner system workforce comprised of 12.8 whole time equivalent (WTE) medical examiners and 39.1 WTE medical examiner officers. In Eng...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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