A hospital trust published guidance for staff which misdirected them on how to fill out death certificates - made it sound like was optional to include Covid-19 where doctor believed the patient had it, and that coroners should only be notified in “exceptional circumstances” /1 
I was instructed by @alexrook1 and @GoodLawProject to draft a pre-action letter - you can read here drive.google.com/file/d/1-HfARN…
Hospital trust quickly conceded and agreed to review recent death certificates, you can read their anonymised response here drive.google.com/file/d/1djnTJc…
Hospital trust quickly conceded and agreed to review recent death certificates, you can read their anonymised response here drive.google.com/file/d/1djnTJc…
The worrying thing about the guidance was that it meant it was far less likely a doctor following it would include COVID-19 as an causative factor which is contrary to the ONS and NHS guidance. /3
