This extended quotation is from a discussion about patient safety by Dr Michael J Powers QC. It explains some of the legal background to the right to a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding a negligent death.
“When a death suspected to have resulted from poor medical practice/care occurs, the coroner’s inquest is very often [...]

Coroners are local independent judicial officers, appointed and paid for by the local authorities, who are responsible for investigating violent, unnatural deaths or sudden deaths of unknown cause and deaths in custody that are reported to them. It is in the general interests of the community that these deaths should be investigated and the role [...]