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Special provisions exist in the event of Home Office post mortems:\nHome Office post mortems\na)Access to the Mortuary will be available to the Senior Coroner of the county of Staffordshire, his officers and persons authorised by H.M.Coroner, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year without hindrance, subject to professional courtesy and suitable notice. Such persons authorised by the Senior Coroner may include:\n•Senior Coroner's officers\n•The Police\n•Scenes of Crimes Officers\n•Forensic Scientists under the supervision of police\n•Home office and other pathologists\n•Or anyone acting on the Senior Coroner's behalf.\nb)Where appropriate, twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, mortuary staff will be available within one hour of a request from Senior Coroner in Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire or person authorised by the Senior Coroner.\nc)Where the PM Room is to be used in cases of serious criminal offences and subject to a minimum notice of one hour (preferably 3-4 hours), the PM Room will be available for the exclusive use of the Senior Coroner's officer and/or any pathologist instructed by the Senior Coroner for the full duration of the post mortem.\nd)Access will be provided at all times for taking into storage any bodies under the jurisdiction of the Senior Coroner. 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A separate viewing room with a glass partition will be provided and access to the body may be provided on request for bereaved relatives.\n•\tThe viewing gallery in the post mortem room will be used by observers at post mortems (e.g. Coroner's Officer, Police, Medical and Nursing students).\n•\tAny Coronial staff using the mortuary will be expected to adhere to health and safety procedures as laid down in the policies of the Trust from time to time.\n•\tThe removal of, and recording of, all valuables and personal effects taken from the bodies of deceased persons who have been admitted under the jurisdiction of Senior Coroner for the County of Staffordshire is to be dealt with in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) MORTSOPRR020 Receipt Procedures and MORTSOP038 Release Procedures. These two SOPS cover the recording of valuables on bodies.\n•\tNeither Party shall represent itself as being the other contracting Party nor an agent or employee of the other contracting Party neither shall they hold themselves out as such nor as having power or authority to incur any obligation of any nature expressed or implied on behalf of the other contracting Party.\n•\tBariatric Patients Post-Mortems\n•\tPrison deaths (not considered Home Office)\n•\tHome Office PM's \n•\tComplex Post-Mortems not able to be dealt with at the Public Mortuary and deemed necessary by the Coroner\n•\tA&E Deaths \nAccessibility/acceptability\nAll hospital and *community deaths *(forensic) determined as requiring a post mortem examination by the Senior Coroner for the County of Staffordshire will be performed by Royal Stoke University Hospital Mortuary, or at one of the other mortuaries in the North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service Network (NMCPS) as determined and agreed with HM Coroner for Staffordshire. 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