questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in areas where Medical Examiner offices have reported the longest turnaround times for scrutiny of medical certificates of cause of death.
answerText: The National Medical Examiner (NME) Annual Report for 2025 has assessed the potential impact of medical examiner scrutiny on the completion of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs). The typical time to register deaths is seven to eight days, comp...
heading: Medical Examiners: Death Certificates