Written Question · S1W-29792 · Session 1
What the definition is of a death inquiry requiring further investigation, as referred to in target 9 in the Crown Office and Procurator Fi…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the definition is of a death inquiry requiring further investigation, as referred to in target 9 in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service section of Building a Better Scotland
- Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys.
The answer
A death enquiry requiring further investigation is defined as: a suspicious or violent death or any death in which the circumstances are such as to give rise to serious public concern; any death involving a vehicle, including aircraft, ship or train; any death by burning or scalding or involving fire or explosion; deaths in legal custody, accidental deaths in the course of employment; deaths by poisoning including drugs deaths, gas and solvents; suicidal deaths; deaths by drowning; the death of a foster child; any death of a newborn child including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, suffocation and overlaying; any death apparently caused by fault or neglect on the part of another; any death under administration of or attributed to anaesthetic; deaths during abortion or attempted abortion; deaths involving medical mishap; deaths caused by withdrawal of life support sustaining treatment; deaths where a complaint is received that medical treatment or absence of medical treatment may have contributed to death, andany death brought to the notice of the procurator fiscal where further investigation is deemed necessary in the public interest.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-29792 by reference.