Hospital Death
If your loved one passes away in hospital they will usually remain there until the appropriate formalities have been concluded. The bereavement office within the hospital will be able to advise you what to do next, depending on the circumstances of the death. Usually if the death was expected, the medical certificate that is required to register the death will be available to collect from the bereavement office quite quickly. However circumstances vary and we would always advise you to ring the bereavement office before you attend to make sure the certificate is ready for you to collect. Once you have the medical certificate the death must be registered at the appropriate registrars. For deaths occurring at a Birmingham Hospital you should go to Birmingham Register Office. For deaths at Solihull Hospital, you will need to make an appointment at a Solihull Register Office. The contact details for both are here.
Ordinarily the registrar will issue a green certificate which will be required by us to enable the funeral to take place. This is issued free of charge. On request the registrar will issue copies of the death certificate and for each copy a fee will be charged, currently £4.00. Ordinarily we will not require a copy of the death certificate; however banks, solicitors, insurance companies to name the most common may all require a copy. Give some thought to how many you might need.
With registration of the death complete your next step is to contact us so we can meet with you and your family to discuss the funeral arrangements.
click on the links below to find the contact information for each hospital:
Ordinarily the registrar will issue a green certificate which will be required by us to enable the funeral to take place. This is issued free of charge. On request the registrar will issue copies of the death certificate and for each copy a fee will be charged, currently £4.00. Ordinarily we will not require a copy of the death certificate; however banks, solicitors, insurance companies to name the most common may all require a copy. Give some thought to how many you might need.
With registration of the death complete your next step is to contact us so we can meet with you and your family to discuss the funeral arrangements.
click on the links below to find the contact information for each hospital: