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Medical practitioners: guidance on completing cremation forms for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland or the British Islands

Guidance for medical practitioners. This guidance should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, and where the cremation is to take place in England or Wales.

Updates to this page

From:
Ministry of Justice
Published:
2 February 2012
Last updated:
9 September 2024
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  1. This guidance is now only to be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland or the rest of the British Islands and cremation will take place in England or Wales.

  2. Guidance updated.

  3. Revised guidance published to reflect the temporary changes to the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 provided for in the Coronavirus Act 2020

  4. Guidance updated.

  5. Guidance updated

  6. Guidance updated.

  7. First published.

Documents

The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 - guidance for medical practitioners completing form cremation 4

PDF, 412 KB, 16 pages

Details

This guide covers the responsibilities of medical practitioners when completing medical certificates after a death and before a cremation.

It also covers the role of the medical referee and what medical practitioners can do to help the referee.

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