Death in Professional Care

The Hospital Doctor will issue the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD), which will be reviewed and signed by the Medical Examiner.
This will then be sent directly to the Registrar.

If the death is sudden or unexpected, it may be referred to a coroner.

You should contact us so we can liaise with the hospital or care home to make the necessary arrangements for you.

Make an appointment and register the death once you have been told to do so by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
You may contact us or come to see us beforehand if you would like to discuss the funeral arrangements.
Registration is usually at the Registry Office closest to the place of death.
The registration should be done by a relative or the executor of the will.

Provide us with a Certificate for Burial or Cremation (Green Certificate & 9D) supplied by the Registry Office to enable us to take the deceased into our care.
When someone has died unexpectedly or the doctor is not certain of the cause of death, the case will often be referred to the Coroner’s Office.

It’s still a good idea to contact your funeral director at an early stage.
We will help with some arrangements and we will liaise with the Coroner’s Office for you.

If you would like support with a sudden bereavement, there is help available.

Which Coroner’s Office is involved will depend on where the death occurred.

There are several jurisdictions in London; details of these and the districts in the rest of the country can be found here:
https://www.coronersociety.org.uk/

When someone dies at home you should:

Call their Doctor (GP) who will issue a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD).

If this is a Locum or other Medical Practitioner who attends, they will issue a Statement of Death.

Please contact us on 020 8958 2112 so that we can bring the deceased into our care once the doctor has attended.

If you would like the deceased to remain at home for a little while, please advise us as soon as possible, and we will give you guidance on this.

Once the MCCD has been reviewed and signed by the Medical Examiner, it will be sent directly to the Registrar.

The Medical Examiner’s Office will then contact you and ask you to make an appointment with the Registrar’s Office to register the death.

You may contact us or come to see us beforehand if you would like to discuss the funeral arrangements.

Registration is usually at the Registry Office closest to the place of death. The registration should be done by a relative or the executor of the will.

Once you have registered the death, we can handle all the arrangements for you or help guide and advise you.

If the death is sudden or unexpected, this may be referred to a coroner.