The service performs a variety of administrative functions following the death of a patient.
The Bereavement Admin team will arrange for the completion of the Medical Cause of Death Certificate and any other associated documentation.
Process following the loss of a loved one
Please nominate one family member to liaise with the Bereavement Office.
Please ring after 10:00am where a Bereavement Officer will provide you with information regarding the next steps.
Answer machines are available to leave a message out of hours, or if the Bereavement officer is dealing with another query.
The Medical certificate Cause of death will be prepared for you as quickly as possible, however this could take up to 72 hours. For deaths that occur during the weekend, they will be processed the next working day.
You will not need to attend the Bereavement Office for a face-to-face appointment, all documentation required, is issued electronically direct to the appropriate Register Office.
The services arranges, for example, the issuing of the Medical Cause of Death Certificate and other bereavement related paperwork to the next of kin and liaises with outside agencies.
The certificate will be prepared for you as quickly as possible; this could take up to 48 hours.
If the death occurred at the weekend, then this would be the next working day.
Please nominate one family member to liaise with the Bereavement Office.
Please ring after 10:00am where a Bereavement Officer will provide you with information regarding the next steps.
Salford Royal Hospital, Hope Building, Pam Woods Bereavement Centre, Entrance E.
- Bolton Coroner’s office: 01204 338799
- Swinton Register office: Chorley Rd, Swinton, Salford M27 5DA
Telephone: 0161 793 2500 – Monday to Friday 8.30 until 4.30.
- NCA Mortuary Services Salford Royal Hospital: 0161 206 0169
- Bereavement Nurse Team, via Bereavement Office, weekend via main hospital switch number.
- Spiritual Care Chaplaincy Team 0161 206 5167
- PALS https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/contact-us/patient-advice-and-liaison-service-pals
- Medical Examiners Service