Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31059

Death Certificates

Tabled: 12 February 2025

Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Helen Whately

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded wait time is for the issuance of death certificates since September 2024.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a death appears to have risen by one day, from seven days to eight days. T...

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