1. WORKING WITH YOU (AND OTHERS)
Derek Winter DL
Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner
for the City of Sunderland

2. Location! Location! Location!

5. Key Message: Get it right first time
MCCD
If you have completed the MCCD correctly…
The deceased's family takes the MCCD to Registrars within 5 days of death
The death is registered and a formal death certificate is issued
If you have completed the MCCD incorrectly…
The Registrar refuses to register the death
No death certificate
Upset relatives
Cancelled funerals
Possible post-mortem examination
Complaints
Coroner’s Investigation which may include an Inquest
Key Message: Get it right first time

9. Liaison GP Hospitals Ambulance Service Funeral Directors Registrars
Pathologists
Other Coroners
Police
HTA
Emergency planners
Mental Health
Alcohol and drug teams
Safeguarding-Children (and now adults)
FAMILY

10. Portal Reporting All referrals will be electronic
Coroners Officers will then be in touch at a mutually convenient time

13. Useful Contacts Office of the Chief Coroner
11th Floor - Thomas More Building
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales
Coroners' Officers and Staff Association (COASA)

14. Thank you for listening.