Sometimes following a death, an inquest will need to take place. This will be carried out by a coroner.
| Inquest date | Time | Name of deceased | Age | Date of death | Place of death |
| Tuesday, October 17 | 10am | Honor Shirley Mainwaring | two months | 15/12/16 | Stoke-on-Trent |
| 2pm | Radmilla Markovic (pre-inquest review) | 90 | 04/07/13 | University Hospital North Staffordshire | |
| 2.15pm | Joseph Michael Turner | 73 | 21/12/16 | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Wednesday, October 18 | 2pm | David Charles Ball | 67 | 12/12/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Thursday, October 19 | 10am | David S Parker | 82 | 28/11/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Monday, October 23 | 2pm | Eileen Ash | 75 | 25/12/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Tuesday, October 24 | 2pm | Reginald Carter | 83 | 13/07/17 | Douglas Macmillan Hospice |
| 2.30pm | Eric Ward | 79 | 27/05/17 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
| Wednesday, October 25 | 2.30pm | Leslie Symcox | 71 | 25/09/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Thursday, October 26 | 2pm | Iris Ann Potter | 65 | 20/12/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Friday,October 27 | 10.30am | Janet Mabel Mitchell | 77 | 27/08/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |