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 |
| Wednesday, July 19 | 2pm | Adrian Nashon McDonald (pre-inquest review) | 34 | 22/12/14 | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Thursday, July 20 | 10.30am | Olive Birks | 71 | 13/10/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| 2pm | Alia Tawfeeq (pre-inquest review) | one | 07/01/17 | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| David Neil Binnie | 29 | 23/04/16 | Shrewsbury Hospital | ||
| Friday, July 21 | 2pm | Richard Griffin (pre-inquest review) | 64 | 28/07/12 | University Hospital North Staffordshire |
| William JC Hammersley (pre-inquest review) | 79 | 04/08/12 | University Hospital North Staffordshire | ||
| Monday, July 24 | 2pm | Reginald John Stone | 78 | 18/09/16 | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Tuesday, July 25 | 2pm | William Maurice Garner | 74 | 23/10/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Wednesday, July 26 | 10:30am | Raymond Alan Duncalf | 34 | 24/06/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Thursday, July 27 | 10am | Joyce Lowe | 85 | 07/09/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Friday, July 28 | 2pm | Terence Vincent Tilsone | 80 | 02/11/16 | Newcastle, Staffs |
| Monday, July 31 | 2pm | Andrew C W James | 31 | 23/10/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Tuesday, August 1 | 2pm | Caroline Lisa Wilson | 37 | 27/10/16 | Stoke-on-Trent |
| 2:45pm | Mark Anthony Buxton | 49 | 15/11/16 | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Wednesday, August 2 | 2pm | Gary LAwrence Kitson | 58 | 20/10/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital |
| Thursday, August 3 | 10am | Patrick Robert Pointon | 32 | 15/11/16 | Stoke-on-Trent |
| 2pm | Terence Fitzmaurice | 69 | 11/11/16 | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| 2:30pm | Joan Sadler | 91 | 14/11/16 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | |
| Friday, August 4 | 2pm | Radmila Markovic (pre-inquest review) | 90 | 04/07/13 | University Hospital North Staffordshire |