Obtain a medical certificate from the hospital/doctor which will show the cause of death and signed by a doctor.
Register a death will require reporting the death to many organisations and government departments. There are a number of important steps and pieces of information that is needed.
Find your local registry office where the registrar will use the information you provide to update the official records. Once the process has been completed you will receive the death certificate and other documents that will enable you to arrange a funeral.
The death certificate is the official entry of the death and contains information about who has died with the cause.
A burial / Cremation Certificate will be needed to give to the funeral director.
Register a death as soon as possible within 5 days.
Obtain a medical certificate from the hospital/doctor which will show the cause of death and signed by a doctor.
Register a death requires a number of the deceased persons documents:
Information you will need to tell the registrar:
The registrar will give you
Registration is free but there are charges for the certified copies,
Purchase extra copies of the death certificate as many financial institutes will require one.Banks, building societies, and life insurance policies will require one.
Some of the other people that need notifying
The UK Government offer a Tell US Once Service which can notify a number of agencies. You need this information to hand: