Question follow-through · 29570
Death Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the process of issuing death certificates following the change to the responsibilities of medical examiners on 9 September 2024 does not lead to u
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the process of issuing death certificates following the change to the responsibilities of medical examiners on 9 September 2024 does not lead to u
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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17 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, including the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data indicates the median time taken to register a de...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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