The deaths of 29 patients of the LGH have now been reported to the Coroners Office following an independent Review into Reportable Deaths and Death Reporting Processes in Tasmanian Public Hospitals in February 2024. The patients died between 2016 and 2022 and appeared to the review panel to be reportable deaths under the Coroners Act 1995. In each case, a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death had been previously issued. The coroners are now in the early stages of investigating the reported deaths in accordance with their functions under the Coroners Act 1995.
The Coronial Division has now formally engaged an independent Clinical Nurse Consultant to provide a comprehensive review in each reported case of medical records obtained by the Coroner under the Act.