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The Deceased Management Advisory Group (DMAG), which represents the entire funeral, cremation and burial sector, has written to the Chief Executive of Public Health England expressing its extreme concerns about the ongoing lack of industry-specific guidance on use of Personal Protective Equipment for those working with deceased people infected by COVID-19. In conference calls with…

Changes to death registration, enabling modifications to registration processes, have now come into force in Northern Ireland. They will enable death registrations to be carried out without the attendance of an informant at the registration office. The following changes have been made (information provided by the GRO in Northern Ireland): Legislation Enable a Medical Certificate…

The Coronavirus Act 2020 which received Royal Assent on Wednesday 25 March 2020 has made changes to the regulation of cremations. The Ministry of Justice will be issuing revised guidance very shortly but, in the meantime, here are the key changes. The requirement to complete the confirmatory medical certificate (form Cremation 5) is suspended. Cremations…

The General Register Office has released guidance on changes to death registration, enabling modifications to registration processes. The provisions now in place allow the following: MCCD for registration purposes A medical certificate can be accepted from any medical practitioner so long as they are able to state to the best of their knowledge the cause…

Under the UK Coronavirus Act 2020, the Scottish Government has made the decision today to suspend the referral of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCD) to the Death Certification Review Service (DCRS) for review. This came into effect from 14:00 today (26 March 2020). Click here to read more.