Cases Notified to the Coroner

Cases notified to the Coroner

There are occasions when a death will need, by law, to be reported to the Coroner. You will be advised if this is necessary. If a death is referred to the Coroner, it may take the Coroner up to seven working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays) to issue a decision.

If you wish to contact the Coroner directly, please telephone 0161 219 2222 or via email coroners.office@manchester.

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This may delay the issuing of a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death and may, therefore, delay the registration of death.

In some circumstances the Coroner requests a postmortem. When a post-mortem is requested by the Coroner this, by law, must take place. The consent of the next of kin is not required.

Once the Coroner takes responsibility for a death all further information will be provided by the Coroner’s staff.

A member of the Bereavement Team will be able to explain this to you if required.

When a death has been reported to the Coroner you may still contact a Funeral Director to begin the funeral arrangements.

Please remember that you will not be able to confirm funeral arrangements until the death has been registered and the Death Certificate has been issued as both the Doctor and Registrar can refer a death to the Coroner.