If your loved one passes away expectedly at home, the first thing to do is contact their doctor, who will need to attend to verify the death. This must be done before contacting ourselves day or night. Often in end of life circumstances, nurses are available who will verify the death on behalf of the Doctor. The GP’s will complete a medical certificate which will be sent over to the registrar. Once received the registrar will be in contact with you to book an appointment to make the physical registration. The registration would need to take place in the sub district of where the death occurred. This appointment is where you will obtain your official death certificates and your ‘Green Certificate’. The Green Certificate needs to be given to ourselves as your chosen funeral director as soon as possible. Once complete, funeral arrangements can then be made in the comfort of your own home or our funeral home.
If your loved one has passed away expectedly in hospital, you will need to firstly contact ourselves to nominate us as your chosen funeral directors and inform us of the death. We as funeral directors are not permitted to bringing your loved one into our care until we have the ‘Green Certificate’. To obtain the Green Certificate and your official death certificates, you need to register the death in the sub-district of which the death occurred. Once the registration is complete our dedicated team will be able to sit down with your family to arrange the personal farewell required for your loved one.
If your loved one has passed away expectedly in a Nursing Home or Hospice, then the nursing staff will ask you to choose a funeral director if you haven’t already nominated us. If we are your chosen funeral directors, then the staff there will call us to inform us of your loved ones passing. We will then bring your loved one into our care once verification or certification has been completed by the Nurses or Doctor’s. A call will then be made to the next of kin to inform you of the stages moving forward. If the death occurs in the night time a call will be made the next working day. The GP’s will complete a medical certificate which will be sent over to the registrar. Once received the registrar will be in contact with you to book an appointment to make the physical registration. The registration would need to take place in the sub district of where the death occurred. This appointment is where you will obtain your official death certificates and your ‘Green Certificate’. The Green Certificate needs to be given to us as soon as possible. Once complete, funeral arrangements can then be made in the comfort of your own home or our funeral home. The coroner will be in contact with you directly to discuss the stages moving forward relating to causes of death and inquests where necessary.
If your loved one passes away unexpectedly then the process of what to do next is slightly different. It is not unusual and nothing to worry about should the police attend the sudden death of a loved one. The death will be referred to the HM Coroner who will have full control over paperwork and the release of your loved one into our care. Your loved one will remain at the local hospital or public mortuary where a post-mortem (often digital) may be necessary. If a post-mortem is required, then this will have to happen before we can bring your loved one into our care. If a rota on call Funeral Director has collected your loved one you are not obliged to using their services, they are simply conducting the into care duties on behalf of the coroner. Parry’s can still take care of your loved one and we will arrange for all paperwork and legalities to be completed to ensure your loved one is transferred into our care as soon as legally possibly.