DAUK win contract to provide service to Manchester City
- Sep 24, 2025
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We are delighted to announce that our tender for the provision of a service to HM Coroner for Manchester City was successful and our service will start on 1 October 2025. The service will be radiology led and will mean that we will be serving two of the largest jurisdictions in Manchester.
Mr Zac Golombeck, HM Coroner said ""With innovation and compassion at its core, this new contract with Digital Autopsy marks a transformative step forward for the jurisdiction. It brings dignity to the deceased, clarity to families, and excellence to our service. A quiet revolution in care, led by purpose and hard-work. I look forward to a long and collaborative relationship."
We take great pride in working in partnership with all those involved in the coronial process and we look forward to working with the Coroner and their team to provide a service keeping the bereaved at the centre of everything we do!
Having been to more Post Mortems than I can remember, the Digital Autopsy process appears to be a great way forward in reducing, time, money, personal grief, the distress caused due to religious beliefs and overall historical ways of dealing with deceased persons. My only concern would be in relation to deaths that do not appear suspicious, but turn out to be. In my career as a Homicide SIO I was called to several non suspicious cause of death post mortems that turned out to be suspicious, several actual being later recorded as murder. It is vitally important that set systems, processes and working practices are in place to deal with such circumstances arising from a Digital Autopsy. The taking…