If Death Occurs At Home

1.    Telephone the surgery who may need to arrange for a GP to visit to confirm that death has taken place. The receptionist will ask you for the deceased’s name and DOB, date and place of death, Funeral Director (if known) , is the deceased for burial or cremation (if known), name and contact number of the relative informing
2.    The GP will then be able to complete a death certificate if the death was expected. This will be emailed by our Administration team to the Registrar Office. Please give us the information of the Registrar if the burial/cremation will take place outside of Buckinghamshire
3.    The next of kin will then need to contact the Registrars Office, (for the area in which the death took place. Alternatively you can register by declaration at any convenient Registrars Office but certificates will not be available as these will have to be posted to you a few days later.
4.    The Registrar will normally issue a Green coloured certificate for you to give to your funeral director who will look after necessary arrangements for the funeral. The Registrar will also issue a white notification certificate for the DSS. They will also enquire as to the number of Certified Copies you require for dealing with the deceased finances (a fee is payable for each copy).

If the death is not expected the GP may need to liaise with the Coroner before a death certificate can be issued.

Note For Cremation

Your funeral director will usually liaise directly with the surgery regarding the additional certification required.