Guidance: Completing a medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD)

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Medical practitioners must use the newMCCDfrom 12:01am on 9 September 2024. The Department of Health and Social Care has published new guidance for medical practitioners completing MCCDs.

When someone dies, a doctor involved in their care has to complete a medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD), which is then forwarded to the register office to register the death. Books of MCCDs are available to doctors and hospitals from their local registrar. These books have short notes at the front on how to complete the MCCD and when to refer deaths to the coroner.

Published 25 September 2018
Last updated 9 September 2024 +show all updates

9 September 2024
Added a link to the new guidance for medical practitioners completing MCCDs.
25 March 2022
Updated page and attachments to remove references to the Coronavirus Act 2020.
1 April 2020
Updated guidance notes
31 March 2020
Guidance updated to take into account arrangements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency and the changes brought in by the Coronavirus Act 2020.
25 September 2018
First published.

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