Guidance

Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 guidance

This is guidance to medical practitioners on notifying deaths to the coroner.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 13 September 2019
• Last updated: 9 September 2024
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  1. 9 September 2024

     Updated Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 guidance and added welsh translation. The guidance has been revised to reflect the changes to the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 provided by Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 which came into force on 9 September 2024.

  2. 25 March 2022

     Guidance updated.

  3. 3 April 2020

     Published amended version of guidance to reflect the temporary changes made by the Coronavirus Act 2020.

  4. 13 December 2019

     Print version of guidance added.

  5. 13 September 2019

     First published.

Documents

Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 guidance

PDF, 380 KB, 16 pages

Details

The Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 came into force on 1 October 2019.

This guidance has been revised to reflect the changes to the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 provided by Cremation, Coroners and Notification of Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 which came into force on 9 September 2024.