Post-mortems

A post–mortem is a medical examination of a person’s body after death to find out the cause of death. Typically, this will involve an external and internal examination of the body. It may involve a CT scan of the body (Computerised Tomography).
 
You will be notified of the date, time and place of the post-mortem examination.
 
You cannot attend the post-mortem yourself however the specialist doctor who conducts post-mortems will write a report for the Coroner. You can ask the Office for a copy.

Sometimes samples of blood or body tissue including organs might be kept after the body has been released. This happens if further tests and investigations are needed.

You will be given options to decide what happens to the tissue that has been taken.