Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 47977

Death Certificates

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 2 May 2025

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to review the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death process to speed up that process in (a) Boston and Skegness constituency and (b) the UK.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024, through the Death Certification Strategic Board and a cross-Government data strategy group. Since the introduction of the reforms...

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