Reporting a Death
Are all deaths reported to the Coroner?

No. In most cases, a GP or hospital doctor can certify the medical cause of death and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages can register the death in the usual way.

However, if a doctor has not seen and treated the deceased for the condition from which they died within 28 days of death, or the death occurred in any of the circumstances detailed below, then the death should be reported to the Coroner.
When is a death reported to the Coroner?

A death is reported to the Coroner in the following situations:

a doctor did not treat the person during their last illness;
a doctor did not see or treat them in the 28 days before they died;
the cause of death was sudden, violent or unnatural such as an accident, or suicide;
the cause of death was murder;
the cause of death was an industrial disease of the lungs such as asbestosis, or
the death occurred in other circumstances that may require investigation.

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...if a doctor has not seen and treated the deceased for the condition from which they died within 28 days of death...

...a doctor did not see or treat them in the 28 days before they died;