Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30067

Death Certificates

Tabled: 10 February 2025

Answered: 17 February 2025

Question

Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for medical examiners to issue death certificates.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The 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. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a de...

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