After your loved one dies, they will be cared for by the staff at the hospital just as carefully and respectfully as when they were alive and in accordance with their religious beliefs.
The named next of kin will receive a call from the bereavement admin team in the general office will make contact to let you know that they have received the notes needed for a doctor to complete the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD). This will usually be within 24 hours except on public holidays and weekends when you will be contacted the next working day.
Once the MCCD has been completed, you will be contacted by the Medical Examiner’s Office who will explain what is on the MCCD. They will ask if you have any concerns or questions about the care that the person who died received.
Appointments are no longer being made for relatives to collect the MCCD, these will now be scanned by the bereavement officers and sent to the Registry Office electronically. They will then contact the next of kin to arrange an appointment to register the death.
If you have any concerns or queries please feel free to contact the End of Life and Bereavement Team on the numbers below.
Bereavement admin team:
Download and print a copy of our 'when someone dies' patient information leaflet here. Please note this is not in an acessible format.