You can contact us here at Farewell Funerals at anytime after the death of a loved-one. But, if you want us to take the deceased into our care, you need to have a medical certificate.

Medical certificates are normally issued at the hospital, or at home, very soon after death. If someone who has died at home hasn’t seen a doctor in the previous 14 days, the death will need to be reported to the coroner.

The deceased can’t be moved to the funeral home until the coroner decides whether or not to carry out a post-mortem. If he decides nothing needs to be done the doctor can then issue a medical certificate and the deceased will stay in our care until the funeral takes place. After this certificate is issued we can arrange you you to spend time with your loved one in our chapel of rest.

If a post-mortem is carried out the certificate will not be issued until the coroner has confirmed the cause of death. Once this is done a certificate can be issued. This might take days or a week or two.

You can register the death as soon as you have the medical certificate. If there hasn’t been a post-mortem you have 5 days in England and Wales and 8 days in Scotland.

Yes, we will advise and guide you as much as we can. If you tell us what type of funeral you want we will do our very best to ensure you hold the perfect funeral for your loved one.