"Ministers are expected to back calls to regulate England's funeral industry for the first time, after a series of scandals over the handling of remains. Bereaved families have called for a new investigatory body and rules governing professional qualifications after an official inquiry declared the sector an unregulated free for all. In Scotland, the industry is overseen by legislation and a mandatory code of practice introduced in March."
"Ministers are drawing up plans for tighter curbs after an official inquiry into the double killer David Fuller, who was found to have abused more than 100 bodies in an NHS mortuary over a 12-year period. The inquiry, led by Sir Jonathan Michael, called earlier this year for a new statutory regulatory regime to address what it described as the systemic failure in England to effectively monitor those handling remains."
Ministers plan to back regulation of England's funeral industry after scandals over mishandling of remains. Bereaved families demand a new investigatory body and professional qualification rules following an inquiry that described the sector as an unregulated free-for-all. Scotland has legislation and a mandatory code of practice introduced in March, but England currently allows anyone to open a funeral business without licence, experience, qualifications or training. Officials are preparing licensing, enforcement powers and mandatory inspections after the inquiry into double killer David Fuller, who abused over 100 bodies. Recent convictions of Hampshire funeral directors for storing decomposing bodies intensified calls for statutory oversight.
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