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UIN 31062

Death Certificates

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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12 February 2025

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28 February 2025 · Answer

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28 February 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the (a) capacity and (b) efficiency of the medical examiner system in the new death certification process.

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  1. 12 February 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the (a) capacity and (b) efficiency of the medical examiner system in the new death certification process.

    Source: Commons

  2. 28 February 2025

    Answer

    The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a death appears to have risen by one day, from seven days to eight days. T...

    Source: Written answer

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