Decision details
Potential Joint Coroners Service, Business Case
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider the business case for requesting a
merger of the Staffordshire South Coronial jurisdiction with Stoke
on Trent and North Staffordshire, following the retirement of HM
Senior Coroner.
Decisions:
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“It is expected that the merger will improve services for bereaved families and provide opportunities for future efficiency savings as the joint service is embedded, ensuring that the service is sustainable and fit for the future.
Inquests will continue to be heard in both Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent, and there is the potential to use other sites and locations as part of the new joint service”.
Cllr Victoria Wilson, Cabinet Member for Communities and Culture |
Reasons for the Decision – To consider the creation of a new joint service for Stoke and Staffordshire Coronial jurisdictions.
Decision – (a) That the business case for submission to the Chief Coroner and Ministry of Justice be endorsed, subject to a similar resolution being passed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
(b) That the proposed timeline for the business case to be submitted to the Chief Coroner and Ministry of Justice be agreed, subject to a similar resolution being passed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
(c) That it be agreed that the name for the new service will be ‘Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent Coroners Service’, subject to a similar resolution being passed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
(d) That the Assistant Director, Culture, Rural and Safer Communities be given delegated authority to take all steps necessary to progress the Business Case to completion on behalf of Staffordshire County Council.
Report author: Trish Caldwell
Publication date: 17/02/2022
Date of decision: 16/02/2022
Decided at meeting: 16/02/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 23/02/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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