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NAFD statement on a funeral director being fined for unexpected additional mourners attending a funeral in Hertfordshire

With reference to this story: https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/crime/mansfield-man-issued-with-fine-after-large-funeral-6922746 Funeral directors do not invite mourners to funerals. They work with the family to arrange the funeral and advise them of the restrictions, but it is the family that invite those people they want to be there with them. This case is one of is unexpected mourners turning up…

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NAFD statement on a funeral director being fined for unexpected additional mourners attending a funeral in Hertfordshire

With reference to this story: https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/crime/mansfield-man-issued-with-fine-after-large-funeral-6922746 Funeral directors do not invite mourners to funerals. They work with the family to arrange the funeral and advise them of the restrictions, but it is the family that invite those people they want to be there with them. This case is one of is unexpected mourners turning up…

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Update: frontline funeral workers prioritised for the COVID vaccine – next steps

Last week, after the NAFD and other members of the Deceased Management Advisory Group made extensive representations to the Cabinet Office and JCVI, we were extremely pleased that frontline funeral workers and mortuary technicians/embalmers were been included in the list of frontline healthcare staff for whom occupational immunisation with the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended in…

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Update: frontline funeral workers prioritised for the COVID vaccine – next steps

Last week, after the NAFD and other members of the Deceased Management Advisory Group made extensive representations to the Cabinet Office and JCVI, we were extremely pleased that frontline funeral workers and mortuary technicians/embalmers were been included in the list of frontline healthcare staff for whom occupational immunisation with the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended in…

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Update: frontline funeral workers prioritised for the COVID vaccine – next steps

Last week, after the NAFD and other members of the Deceased Management Advisory Group made extensive representations to the Cabinet Office and JCVI, we were extremely pleased that frontline funeral workers and mortuary technicians/embalmers were been included in the list of frontline healthcare staff for whom occupational immunisation with the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended in…

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Government welcomes funeral sector collaboration during COVID

The work of the Deceased Management Advisory Group (DMAG), of which the NAFD is a founding member, has been considered highly influential and valued, during the pandemic, by representatives of the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Justice, and devolved administrations. The Deceased Management Advisory Group’s coordinated approach was judged to have been instrumental in informing the…

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