Decision details

1.    Approved that the City of Wolverhampton Council should continue to fund the provision of digital autopsies for Wolverhampton residents in line with other Black Country Councils who also support the arrangement. Dudley, Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

2.    Approved maintaining the Council’s commitment to digital autopsy as a mode of pathology and sign up to a contract with iGene

3.    Agreed that to extend the Digital Autopsy (DA) agreement to run co-terminus with the lease iGene have on the facility in Sandwell which ends on the 5 January 2025

4.    Noted that, the Association of Black Country Authorities agreed a proposal for an independent review of pathology and mortuary services across the region and this is now progressing. The purpose of the review is to look at current provision and identify whether there was scope for further collaborative working that might yield efficiencies and improved service delivery. Such an arrangement could provide the opportunity for more cost-effective digital autopsies across the region.