Reporting deaths to the coroner.

The Chief Coroner has issued new guidance in relation to death where the person is subject to a deprivation of liberty safeguards standard authorisation ( Chief Coroner, 2017 ). In this article, Richard Griffith discusses the impact of the Police and Crime Act 2017, section 178 on the need to report deaths of patients' subject to a deprivation of liberty safeguards standard authorisation to the coroner.