Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28688
Death Certificates
Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mary Kelly Foy
Labour — City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken was to certify a death in (a) hospital and (b) the community in the period since changes were made to the death certification process in September 2024.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, including the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. The median time taken to register a death since the introdu...
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