title: Deprivation of liberty safeguard deaths to be reported to the coroner.
abstract: The Chief Coroner has issued guidance that all deaths where a person is subject to a deprivation of liberty safeguard or Court of Protection welfare order allowing a deprivation of liberty must be reported to the coroner and an inquest held. In this article the author considers the impact of the guidance.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D003643:Death; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Coroner; Death in state detention; Deprivation of liberty safeguards; Inquest