BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Statistical issues arising in the conduct of fatal accident inquir ies - Sheila Bird (Medical Research Council\; University of Strathclyde) DTSTART:20160901T110000Z DTEND:20160901T113000Z UID:TALK67153@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:INI IT DESCRIPTION:Review of fatal accident inquiries into 97 deaths in Sco ttish prison custody identified failure properly to secure evidence\; proc urator-failure to allow the full extent of post-mortem\; sherrif-failure p roperly to report actually-prescribed medication-dosages\; failure to lead admissible empirical evidence\, for example in reports by HM Chief Inspec tor of Prisons for Scotland\; reliance instead on subjectivity\; long dela ys in providing written determinations\; \; inconsistency in the deter minations reached on similar cases\; failure to post all written determina tions on Scottish courts'\; web-site\; failure to consider the epidemio logy of prisoner-deaths in deciding that a written determination should be made.

For Scotland\, most of these failures have been taken int o account\, and remedied\, by recommendations in the report of the Lord Cu llen.
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