Local authority mortuary as regulated service
Fuller Inquiry · Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · Issued 15 July 2025 · Addressed to: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The mortuary service must be treated in the same way as other regulatory services within local authority reporting structures: The mortuary must be visible to scrutiny at the relevant statutory committee, with regular reporting. Key performance indicators must be identified and must include the results of audits of compliance with Human Tissue Authority requirements. Inspections by the Human Tissue Authority and Human Tissue Authority Reportable Incidents (HTARIs) must be reported to the relevant statutory committee, and actions to achieve compliance monitored.
Fuller Inquiry, Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · 15 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Government has agreed to accept in principle this recommendation subject to further work to determine its full impact.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 1 Dec 2025
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 1 Dec 2025 Accepted in principle. The government has agreed to accept in principle this recommendation subject to further work to determine the full impact. The government will continue to work on its response to the recommendations and provide a full response to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report by summer 2026. (Source: Interim update on government progress in responding to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report, December 2025)
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