Decision details

The Registrars service became part of the Customer Services function in October 2024. This follows from the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024 that came into force on 9 September 2024. Following these changes, a service review has taken place to ensure that we are delivering a resident focused out of hours service for death registrations that reflect the new regulations, meets the needs of our communities and are also clear and transparent.

RESOLVED to approve the recommended option (option 2) to deliver a death certificate on Saturdays between the hours of 9.30am – 12.30pm following the working hours of the duty Medical Examiner and ‘green forms’ on a Sunday and Bank Holiday to enable burials to take place and death certificates to be issued in person following this.

Option 1: Develop a voluntary remote working on-call duty rota for Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays 9.30am – 12.30pm.

Option 2: Develop a voluntary remote working on-call duty rota for Sundays and Bank Holidays (apart from Christmas Day and New Years Day), 9.30am – 12.30pm. Saturdays would entail working at Chadderton Town Hall 9.30am – 12.30pm to issue death certificates to enable the full death registration and for bodies to be moved out of England subject to the Coroners approval.

Option 3: Develop voluntary remote working on-call duty rota for Sundays and Bank Holidays 9.30am – 12.30pm. Saturdays would entail working at Chadderton Town Hall 9.30am – 12.30pm to issue death certificates and reduce opening hours during Monday – Friday to offset to partially offset the costs of implementing the Saturday aspect of the new weekend arrangements.

Option 1: Develop a voluntary remote working on-call duty rota for Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays 9.30am – 12.30pm.

Option 3: Develop voluntary remote working on-call duty rota for Sundays and Bank Holidays 9.30am – 12.30pm. Saturdays would entail working at Chadderton Town Hall 9.30am – 12.30pm to issue death certificates and reduce opening hours during Monday – Friday to offset to partially offset the costs of implementing the Saturday aspect of the new weekend arrangements.

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