Monitor and review staff access numbers
Fuller Inquiry · Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · Issued 15 July 2025 · Addressed to: NHS England
Government responseDepartment of Health and Social Care: Accepted in part (Dec 2025)
DeliveryDepartment of Health and Social Care says in progress (Jul 2026)NHS England states no delivery position (Jun 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
All NHS trusts should monitor the number of staff with access to the mortuary or body store and keep this under routine review.
Fuller Inquiry, Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · 15 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
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In July 2026, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Preet Kaur Gill reported that NHS England had issued a national system letter setting out actions expected of trusts to ensure improvements are delivered consistently (Preet Kaur Gill, Jul 2026). In that June 2026 letter, it mapped the recommendation to supporting guidance, including the NHS Premises Assurance Model and Health Building Note 16-01 (NHS England, Jun 2026). Previously, in December 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care accepted the recommendation in principle "subject to further work to determine the full impact" (Department of Health and Social Care response, Dec 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.
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Government response
●Department of Health and Social Care · Accepted in part · 16 Dec 2025
The government has agreed to accept in principle 43 recommendations subject to further work to determine the full impact of these recommendations.
Extract from: Interim update on government progress in responding to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report
Delivery
●Department of Health and Social Care says in progress · 15 Jul 2026
NHS England has also issued a national system letter setting out the actions expected of each NHS trust and providers to ensure improvements are delivered consistently.
From: Government update on Progress in responding to the Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 report, Preet Kaur Gill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety
●NHS England states no delivery position · 26 Jun 2026
Recommendations 1 to 9 (relevant to security, CCTV, access and audit)
The full text of these recommendations can be found in the Phase 2 Report (pp.264-265).
Supporting guidance
NHS Premises Assurance Model (see entry 1 in Annex 1).
Health Building Note 16-01: Facilities for mortuaries, including body stores and post-mortem services (see entry 2 in Annex 1).
Other third-party guidance: Human Tissue Authority code of practice and Human Tissue Authority voluntary guidance (see entry 7 in Annex 1).
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