Guidance when someone dies and Registering A Death

 If the medical practitioner who certifies the death is not referring the Medical Cause of Death Certificate (MCCD) to the Coroner, a Medical Examiner must formally approve the MCCD before the death can be registered.  

The Medical Examiner will contact the next of kin within a few hours or days of  being notified of the death.  If however, you feel you need to contact them for any reason, please find link below for all the information needed to contact any of the Medical Examiner Offices in East of England

There are some instances such as a sudden death where a Doctor may not know or may not be sure of the cause of death; it is then that he or she will inform the Coroner.

Unless the Coroner has ordered an inquest or has issued an Interim Death Certificate, (see Coroner for more information), every death must be registered before a funeral can be held.

For more information and to find Registration  Offices, please click on the link below.