When a Death Occurs

If the Death Occurs at Home

Contact your doctor (or the doctor on call) who will come to your home to certify the death. On some occasions if the death was expected and a nurse is present, the doctor will give authority to the nurse to confirm the death. Once the doctor has attended or the nurse has certified, most families then prefer for their loved one to be conveyed to our chapels of rest as soon as possible. This can be arranged by telephoning us at any time of the day or night.

A Notification of Death Certificate will then be issued, usually from the surgery, on the next working day. If the death was at home and unexpected, or the doctor has not been in attendance in the last 2 weeks, the death may have to be referred to the coroner. For further details click here.

If Death Occurs at a Nursing or Residential Home

Most homes will have asked in advance who your selected funeral director is and, in the event of the death, they will then ring us be it day or night, so we can then convey your loved one to our chapels of rest.

A Notification of Death Certificate will then be issued, usually from the surgery, on the next working day.

If Death Occurs in a Hospital

You will need to contact the Bereavement Office in the hospital (they usually suggest after 10.00 a.m.) on the first working day following the death. Their staff will advise you when the Notification of Death Certificate will be available and will arrange an appointment for you to go and collect it from the Bereavement Office.

Once you have made an appointment with the Bereavement Office, you need to book an appointment at the Registrar's Office where the Registrar will require the Notification of Death Certificate.

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