The Coroner

Chapmans Funeral Services
Lynn Road
Swaffham
Norfolk
PE37 7AY

Tel : 01760 721 305

Info@chapmansfuneralservices.co.uk

Office Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm
24 hour emergency service available

Members of NAFD and SAIF

In the following circumstances the doctor may report the death to the coroner :

An accident or injury
An industrial disease
During a surgical operation
Before recovery from an anesthetic
If the cause of death is unknown
If the death was sudden and unexplained, for instance, a sudden infant death (cot death)
If the deceased own doctor had not seen him/her either after the death, or within 14 days before the death

The procedure following this will either be:

No action is taken by the Coroner and the doctor is free to issue a death certificate as usual.
The Coroner decides to carry out a post mortem. If there is a post mortem a doctors death certificate will not be needed as the Coroner will send all the necessary documentation to the registrar.
The Coroner decides to carry out an inquest and post mortem. If an inquest is deemed necessary then you will not need to register the death at all, the Coroner will do this for you once the inquest has been closed