In September 2024, the process of how a death can be registered and a certificate issued was changed.
Medical Certificates are no longer issued by the GPs as they were before. GPs must now refer any deaths to the ME (Medical Examiner) Officers. They are the ones who approve the MCCD (Medical Certificate of Cause of Death) before it can be sent to the Registrar. This means that the process is slower than before – even when GPs alert the Officers to urgent situations.
Please check out the document below and the website links for the full process of how to register a death.
Please accept our deepest sympathy for your loss.