Guidance

Home Office register of forensic pathologists

Updated 28 October 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 A Borbora
  • Dr N Carter
  • 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 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.

Dr A Armour resigned from the register on 15 December 2023.

Dr Egan resigned from the register on 1 October 2023.

Dr Jenkins joined the register on 17 May 2023.