The future of UK SAR, post SAR-H

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RAF assets self tasking to within 50NM of CivSAR bases and not even informing the flight or the nearby MRCC of their presence for 2 days was just one recent instance

Any specifics there Hedski?

All SAR Captains can self-task and , if they are already airborne and closer to the job than another SAR flight - they will clear it with the ARCCK - it is more likely that the ARCCK tasked them directly and just didn't inform civsar or MRCC; that is perhaps poor etiquette and out of character but nothing more.

And, straight from the AIP:

1 Responsible Services
1.1 Responsibility for Search and Rescue (SAR) for civil aircraft within the UK Search and Rescue Region (SRR) rests jointly with the
Department for Transport (DfT) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
1.1.1 The DfT is responsible for SAR policy for civil aviation.
Post: Department for Transport, Airports Policy Division, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DR
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
1.1.2 The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) acts as adviser on SAR to the DfT. Queries on SAR for civil aviation, including matters arising
from this section of the AIP, should be addressed in the first instance to the following:
Post: Civil Aviation Authority, Directorate of Airspace Policy, ORA, K6, CAA House, 45-59 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6TE
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Telex: 883092 - EGGA
AFS: EGGAYFYG
1.1.3 The MoD is responsible for the implementation of SAR services for civil aviation throughout the UK SRR. This responsibility is
discharged through a single Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre (ARCC) at Kinloss.
Post: ARCC Kinloss, RAF Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 0UH, Scotland
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone] Ext 6202
Fax: [phone]
Telex: 75193
AFS: EGQKYCYX

Don't see the MCA or MRCCs mentioned there at all

I think the Aeronautical vs the Maritime parts of the train set are what the MCA has aspired to control for many years.