Coroners Act 2006

Question 1

what types of deaths must be reported to the coroner

Answer 1

S - suicide
C - cause unknown or no doctor certificate issues
U - unnatural or violent death
M - medical/surgical/dental operations
B - birth deaths (mother and child)
I - institutional deaths (custody, prison)
E - enactment requires the holding of an inquest

Question 2

what is a coronial inquest trying to establish

Answer 2

• identity confirmed
• fact person has died
• when and where
• cause of death
• circumstances of death