Guidance

Home Office register of forensic pathologists

Updated 5 December 2024

The forensic pathologists listed below are registered by the Home Office and work in the practice area noted.

East Midlands

Police forces served

  • Derbyshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Nottinghamshire

Forensic pathologists

  • Dr M Biggs
  • Dr S Hamilton
  • Dr F Hollingbury

Greater London, South East and West Midlands

Police forces served

  • Bedfordshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • City of London
  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Metropolitan
  • Norfolk
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Thames Valley
  • Warwickshire
  • West Mercia
  • West Midlands

Forensic pathologists

  • Dr AL Biddlestone
  • Dr O Biedrzycki
  • Dr NRB Cary
  • Dr RC Chapman
  • Dr M Cieka (relief cover only)
  • Dr AW Fegan-Earl
  • Dr V Fitzpatrick-Swallow
  • Dr A Kolar
  • Dr B Lockyer
  • Dr M Parsons
  • Dr S Poole
  • Dr C Randall
  • Dr B Swift

Mid and South Wales and Gloucestershire

Police forces served

  • Dyfed-Powys
  • Gloucestershire
  • Gwent
  • South Wales

Forensic pathologists

  • Dr R Jones
  • Dr S Leadbeatter
  • Dr J Williams

North East

Police forces served

  • Cleveland
  • Durham
  • Northumbria
  • North Yorkshire

Forensic pathologists

  • Dr J Bolton
  • Dr PN Cooper
  • Dr S Hoggard
  • Dr L Mulcahy

North West, Humberside and Yorkshire

Police forces served

  • Cheshire
  • Cumbria
  • Greater Manchester
  • Humberside
  • Lancashire
  • Merseyside
  • North Wales
  • South Yorkshire
  • West Yorkshire

Forensic pathologists

  • Dr R Ainsworth
  • Dr A Borbora
  • Dr M Cieka
  • Dr K Hope
  • Dr C Johnson
  • Dr CP Johnson
  • Dr P Lumb
  • Dr M Lyall
  • Dr J Medcalf
  • Dr J Robinson
  • Dr B Rodgers
  • Dr CA Wilson

West and South West

Police forces served

  • Avon & Somerset
  • Devon & Cornwall
  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Wiltshire

Forensic pathologists

  • Dr DS Cook
  • Dr R Delaney
  • Dr AJ Jeffery
  • Dr M Jenkins

Notes:

Dr N Carter retired from the Register on 5 December 2024.

Dr R Ainsworth joined the register on 1 December 2024.

Dr Borbora joined the register on 28 October 2024.

Dr B N Purdue retired from the register on 31 August 2024.

Dr Biddlestone joined the register on 1 May 2024.

Prof GN Rutty retired from the register on 31 March 2024.