All doctors are expected to work within the standards set out by the General Medical Council for good medical practice.The Royal College of Pathologists and NHS Education for Scotland oversee training standards in pathology and their uniformity across Scotland.The purpose of the Death Investigation Improvement Board is to take forward three key areas for improvement in the death investigation system – (i) raising public awareness of the death investigation service, sharing lessons learned to reduce the incidence of avoidable deaths, (ii) providing bereaved relatives with the timeous provision of information they need to ensure they can effectively participate in the process and (iii) reducing the journey time for concluding death investigations, including FAIs.The Board is chaired by the Deputy Crown Agent, Specialist Casework and its membership has representatives from each of the specialist death investigation units, Communications and Business Management.The Board has a number of ongoing workstreams, including the creation of a Lived...