Medical examiner service in children's deaths: a survey of current practice in paediatric intensive care units in England and Wales.

A national ME service has potential to improve the quality of national mortality data and give voice to bereaved families' concerns. However, in relation to children's deaths, it needs to interface with existing statutory expectations that have similar objectives. We recommend that prospective audit be conducted to ensure both CDR and ME systems are coordinated to each other's mutual benefit.