1. A doctor will liaise with the Medical Examiner (external link) and the Medical Certificate Cause of Death (MCCD) will then be scanned and emailed to the register office. There is no need to collect this.
2. Once the MCCD has been received the Registrar will contact you to arrange a death registration appointment. You are legally required to register a death within five days from when the Medical Examiner has issued the MCCD.
3. The cost of each death certificate is £12.50.
4. During the death registration appointment, the Registrar will issue a form for burial or cremation and send the form by email to your chosen funeral director or burial society. The funeral director will then arrange the burial or cremation in consultation with you.
5. If your loved one dies in hospital, they will be taken to a mortuary either at the hospital or in another location such as a funeral home. The bereavement team within the hospital will let you know where your loved one has been taken.

If the death took place outside of Wrexham, you will need to contact the register office for the area in which the death took place (external link)
 

1. If your loved one dies at home, please call your GP or out-of-hours service. They will arrange verification of death and liaise with the Medical Examiner.

   If the death is unexpected, please phone 999. The operator will provide instructions on what you need to do. The police and trained clinicians will come to your house and submit a sudden death report.

2. You should contact your chosen funeral director to arrange the collection of your loved one.
3. A doctor will liaise with the Medical Examiner and the Medical Certificate Cause of Death (MCCD) will then be scanned and emailed to the Register Office. There is no need to collect this.

4. Once the MCCD has been received the Registrar will contact you to arrange a death registration appointment.

   You are legally required to register a death within five days from when the Medical Examiner has issued the MCCD.

5. The cost of each death certificate is £12.50.

6. During the death registration appointment, the Registrar will issue a form for burial or cremation and send the form by email to your chosen funeral director or burial society.

   The funeral director will then arrange the burial or cremation in consultation with you.
    

In preparation for the death registration appointment please make sure you know the information listed below. You might find it helpful to write it down in advance, or have documents such passport, birth certificate, and marriage certificate (if applicable) on hand.

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  Details of the spouse/civil partner of the deceased (if applicable)
• First name, middle names (if applicable) and surname
• Date of birth
• Occupation
• Whether they are retired

The following information will also be required for government statistics:

• Was the deceased single, married, widowed, divorced, a civil partner, surviving civil partner or former civil partner?
• Is their spouse or civil partner still alive? If so, what is their date of birth?
• How long did they stay in hospital or in another establishment prior to their death?
• Was the deceased under 75?
• What industry did they work in and what position did they hold?
• Did they get a pension paid from government funds? This includes the civil service, teachers, armed forces and war widows. This does not include the state pension or pension credit.
• The deceased NHS number from their medical card (if available).

Once the registration has been completed you will be asked to sign the entry. It is important that the information recorded is as accurate as possible as the correction of errors discovered after the register has been signed may cause delay, and incur costs.

The Registrar will email the green form (a certificate for burial or cremation) to the funeral director. If the death has been referred to the coroner and the funeral is a cremation, the equivalent form will be sent by the coroner to your funeral director.