Register A Death A death must be registered by law usually in the district/sub-district in which it has occurred DETAILS & DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE REGISTRAR
Doctors Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) Birth Certificate (if available) Medical Card (if available) Marriage Certificate (if applicable) Full name of deceased Home address Date and place of death (if nursing home – length of stay) Date of birth Place of birth (town and country) Last occupation Date of birth of surviving partner Inform the Registrar of Burial or Cremation Is deceased in receipt of a pension or allowances from Public Funds? (e.g., War Pension) FOR DECEASED MARRIED WOMEN
Maiden name Husbands full name (even if deceased) Husbands last occupation (even if deceased) FOR THE INFORMANT
DOCUMENTS SUPPLIED BY REGISTRAR
Registrar’s Certificate for Burial or Cremation (green in colour with a white sheet attached) for your Funeral Director Certificate of Registration of Death (a white certificate for DHSS purposes) Deliver to DHSS with pension book etc. (unless using the ‘Tell us once’ service) (for insurance, banks, etc) CORONERS PROCEDURE
All deaths that are not referred to the Coroner must be scrutinised by an ME (Medical Examiner).
The Medical Examiner will review medical records and discuss with the treating doctors the cause of death that will be documented on the paperwork.
The aim is to ensure that the cause is accurate and to help the next of kin/family understand the wording on the paperwork.
The NOK will receive a call from one of the Medical Examiners or their Medical Examiner Officers to discuss the cause of death in the first days after the death, answering any questions they may have.
Once the cause of death has been discussed and agreed, the Medical Examiner will send the completed paperwork electronically to the Register Office who will then contact the next of kin to arrange a suitable time for them to attend the office and register the death.
A death must be reported to the Coroner if:
No doctor is able to provide a certificate, which conforms with the regulations, stating the cause of death, or There are grounds for thinking the death maybe have been due to an injury or some unnatural cause, e.g. industrial disease, the effects of drugs, an injury or the cause is not known
Wakefield Registrars: Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield, WF1 2HQ.
Tel: 0345 4852888
