Registering a death

  1. Where and when to register a death

  2. Who can register a death
  3. Which deaths need to be reported to the coroner?

  4. Information to be supplied for the registration of a death

  5. What certificates will be issued?

  1. Changes to a death certificate

  2. When a body is to be taken out of England and Wales

  3. British Consul and High Commission registration of deaths

  4. Out of hours bereavement service

  5. Tell Us Once service

Which deaths need to be reported to the coroner?

A small number of deaths have to be reported to the coroner before they can be registered and before the document allowing the funeral to go ahead can be issued. The following are the deaths that, if not already reported to the coroner by someone else, will be reported by the registrar:

  • Where there is no doctor who can issue a medical certificate of cause of death
  • Where the deceased was not seen by the doctor issuing the medical certificate after death nor within 14 days before death
  • Where the cause of death is unknown
  • Where the cause of death is believed to be unnatural or suspicious
  • Where the death occurred during an operation or before recovery from an anesthetic
  • Where the death is due to industrial disease or industrial poisoning

Once a death has been reported to the coroner, the registrar cannot go ahead with the registration until the coroner has decided whether any further investigation is needed. In the vast majority of cases no further investigation is necessary and the registration can be completed straightaway.

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Information to be supplied for the registration of a death

Coroner for Coventry

9am - 4pm Monday to Thursday, 9am - 3.30pm Friday

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 024 7697 5509

Fax: 0207 716 3755

The Register Office
Cheylesmore Manor House
Manor House Drive
Coventry
CV1 2ND

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