Liverpool’s mortuary is “under pressure” as the city delivered 800 more funerals than a decade earlier.
A report on Liverpool’s bereavement services has identified how in the last 10 years, funerals provided by the local authority have steadily increased with spikes reported during the last two years as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. The document, put together by Cllr Liam Robinson, interim cabinet member for neighbourhoods, ahead of this evening’s select committee meeting, said case allocations at HM Coroners meant the city mortuary, located at Royal Liverpool University Hospital “remains under pressure”.
Cllr Robinson’s update said some improvement had been identified. On funeral figures, it was said cremation numbers carried out by the city “remain similar to the last couple of years which is well above the norm given the impact of COVID during 2020 and 2021.”
