When someone dies, at this most stressful time it can be difficult to know what to do first, who to contact and what paperwork you’ll need. The details below are just a brief overview and we can be contacted on 0161 637 7550 for more guidance:
When someone dies at a nursing home pr hospice, simply ask the matron or staff member in charge to contact us directly, and we can then discuss the funeral arrangements with you once you feel ready to do so.
Most Hospitals provide families with a bereavement handbook which will contain the contact details for The Bereavement Service Team .The Team will need to be contacted, usually the following working day to discuss collection of the relevant documentation. You can still call us as soon as you feel ready to do so.
You will need to take the “Medical certificate of cause of death” with you to the Registrars and provide the full name (including maiden name for a married lady), address and date of birth. You will also need the details of where and when they died.
If at all possible the deceased’s Birth and Marriage Certificate and Medical Card should also be taken.
The Registrar will issue you with certified copies of the Death Certificate which may be needed by relevant parties, including banks, solicitors for probate, life insurance etc. They will issue a green “Certificate for Burial or Cremation”. This is the certificate we will need as your funeral director for completing the burial or cremation paperwork.
They will also issue a form to notify the Department of Work and Pensions of the death.
The law requires that a death must be registered within 5 days by a near relative or someone present at the time of death.
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