Overview

• A mother said she found her son in a baby bouncer “watching cartoons” in the provider’s living room, with another deceased infant on a sofa.
• Another couple said they were told their daughter was at a Headingley parlour before learning she was at the provider’s home and suspected she was not kept at the right temperature, with BBC evidence indicating a cold cot was not always used.
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust said it has barred the provider from its mortuaries and maternity wards and has strengthened mortuary safeguards while stressing it does not endorse her service.
• West Yorkshire Police said two reports about the service since 2021 were examined and no potential crimes were identified after extensive enquiries.
• England and Wales have no statutory rules for funeral directors or body storage, whereas Scotland adopted a code in March and sector bodies in England offer only voluntary oversight.