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New dates in 2025 for the one–day mortuary training workshops for NAFD members

The NAFD’s one-day training workshops to support funeral professionals in achieving excellence in mortuary management and the care of deceased people offers targeted programmes for both FSOs, drivers and bearers and for funeral directors, mortuary managers and supervisors. Delivered online over six hours, by an experienced NHS pathologist trainer and an experienced NAFD funeral training…

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Parliamentary debate on adding bereavement education to the National Curriculum

NAFD Past President John Adams has achieved a significant breakthrough in his campaign to include bereavement education in the National Curriculum. The UK Parliament’s Petitions Committee re-selected his petition for a future debate on Monday 2 December at 4.30pm after it was initially postponed due to the general election. The petition, which secured more than 11,000…

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NAFD to host final preparation webinar on statutory implementation of Medical Examiner service in England and Wales

In early September, the NAFD is hosting a final preparation webinar for members, ahead of statutory implementation of the Medical Examiner service in England and Wales on 9 September. The webinar, which is designed to try and address of the remaining questions about the changes, follows on from one held earlier in the year with…

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Delay to implementation of statutory Medical Examiner system

The Ministry of Justice has today confirmed that the statutory Medical Examiner System will not come into force in the first half of April, as previously announced.  Rachel Bradburne, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, said: “Following months (years) of discussions with Government about the introduction of a statutory Medical Examiner scheme, it is incredibly frustrating to…

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