Whether it plans to address the finding in Epilepsy - death in the shadows - National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy-Related Death tha…

The audit identified deficiencies in the recording of causes of death. There was no criticism of the actual examination process in Scotland, which with Northern Ireland was compared favourably to England and Wales. The Scottish Executive Health Department's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Aileen Keel, has written to the Scottish Council of the Royal College of Pathologists about the findings of the audit and will be meeting them in September to discuss the matter further.The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland is developing clinical standards for post-mortem and organ retention. Though these standards were not prompted by the audit they will cover the whole hospital post-mortem process and will apply to any hospital post-mortem examination carried out following an epilepsy-related death.