• Medical Certificate of Cause of Death

    Information on completing a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (HP4720) form for the death of a person over 28 days of age.

  • Medical Certificate of Causes of Fetal and Neonatal Death

    Information on completing a Medical Certificate of Causes of Fetal and Neonatal Death form as required under the Burial and Cremation Act 1964.

  • Amended and unsatisfactory certificates

    How to amend a submitted Medical Certificate of Cause of Death and information about unsatisfactory certificates.

  • Preliminary Notice of Death

    Information about how to complete the notice to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages under the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Act 2021 and Births, Deaths and Marriages Prescribed Information Regulations 1995.

  • Cremation

    Information about the steps to approve a cremation, the role of medical referees, and the required cremation forms under the Cremation Regulations 1973.

  • COVID-19 deaths

    Guidelines when certifying causes of death for people who died of, or with COVID-19.