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Coroner recommends investigation, disclosure at conclusion of William Edmunds inquest

The coroner delivered four recommendations from the inquest into William Edmunds' death. (ABC Riverina: Romy Stephens)

A New South Wales Coroner has recommended that the Health Care Complaints Commissioner (HCCC) investigate the care and treatment a doctor provided to an Oaklands man in November and December 2019 as an inquest into his death concluded.

Deputy State Coroner Erin Kennedy's recommendation notes that "the brief of evidence, transcript of evidence given at the inquest, and a copy of the [inquest] findings" be forwarded to the HCCC, and that it should consider "whether any disciplinary action is required".

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