Death Certificates
Commons · Question 23412 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (England and Wales) Regulations 2024 on the timely registration of deaths.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 20 Jan 2025
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. The median time taken to register a death since the introdu...