Issue - meetings

To consider and endorse, or make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Services on the proposed decision to award a four year contract for Post Mortems for the Mid Kent & Medway coroner area to Medway NHS Trust for the period 1 July 2017 to 31 March 2021

Katie Stewart (Director Environment, Planning and Enforcement) and Mike Overbeke (Group Head - Public Protection were in attendance for this item.

(1)       Mr Hill (Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Affairs) introduced the report which asked the Cabinet Committee to consider and endorse or make recommendations on a proposed decision to award a four-year contract for post-mortems for the Mid Kent and Medway Coroner area to Medway NHS Trust for the period 1 July 2017 to 31 March 2021. 

(2)       Mr Overbeke said that Kent County Council was responsible for meeting all the costs of the coroner service within its area; there were no other providers with sufficient capacity in Kent or nearby to provide the service and that the best option was to renew the contract through a single source tender. 

(3)       He also answered Members’ questions about the number of post mortems carried out and the service provided out of hours.

(4)       Resolved that the proposed decision of the Cabinet Member for Community and Regulatory Services to award a four year contract for Post Mortems for the Mid Kent & Medway coroner area to Medway NHS Trust for the period 1 July 2017 to 31 March 2021 be endorsed.