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Government Interim Update on Progress in responding to the Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report
16 December 2025
Type
Written Ministerial Statement
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
At a Glance
Issue Summary
The statement provides an interim update on the Government's progress in implementing the seventy-five recommendations from the Fuller Inquiry regarding the care of deceased individuals.
Action Requested
The government has accepted eleven recommendations and work is underway to implement them. Progress updates are provided for forty-three recommendations requiring further analysis, and twenty-one recommendations are still under consideration. A full response to all recommendations will be published in Summer 2026.
Key Facts
- The Fuller Inquiry final report was published on 15 July 2025 with seventy-five recommendations.
- Eleven recommendations have been accepted in full (recommendations 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 & 75).
- The Human Tissue Authority published updated guidance on adverse incidents in the anatomy sector on December 1st.
- NHS England agreed to roll out data collection on deceased patient conveyancing in 2026/27 (recommendation 31).
- Forty-three recommendations require further work before implementation.
- A roundtable meeting led by the Local Government Association is scheduled for January regarding local authority mortuaries.
- The Human Tissue Authority has reviewed twenty-one HTA licensed mortuaries and concluded that seven are fully covered by existing HTA standards.
- Seven miscellaneous recommendations (24, 25, 67, 68, 69, 70 & 73) and three for LAs contracting with third party providers (57, 58 & 59) remain under consideration.
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