Unclaimed bodies - FOI Response Register

1. How many unclaimed bodies you currently have in your morgues/mortuaries

None

2. Can you tell me the length of time each body has been stored there?

N/A

3. The reason why each body has not yet been claimed

N/A

4. Can you tell me the board's policy on unclaimed bodies (how long you keep them, what is done with them, and the maximum time limit for keeping them in the morgue/mortuary)?

See below

5. Whether the board buries or cremates the bodies after a certain length of time

We do not have a local policy for unclaimed bodies and instead, would follow guidance from the Procurator Fiscal, in respect of the particular circumstances for the deceased.

We do not have instances where bodies have been unclaimed in NHS Shetland.