Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28687

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: Death Certificates

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has had discussions with County Durham and Darlington Foundation NHS Trust on delays to death certification.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024, but has not engaged with the County Durham and Darlington Foundation NHS Trust directly.The median time taken to register a death...

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