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Death Certification

Arrangements for Death Certification may have changed due to Covid-19. Local Authority websites linked below should have the latest information from your area. The latest National information can also be found on the following websites.

• National Records of Scotland latest information on registering a death during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/registering-a-death

• NHS Inform Medical certificate of cause of death
https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/death-and-bereavement/practical-advice-after-a-death

Local Authority websites provide information about burial services, registering a death and other related advice.

• Glasgow City Council – Registering a death
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/16018/Registering-a-Death

• Renfrewshire Council – Registering a death
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2233/Register-a-death

• East Renfrewshire Council – Registering a death
https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/register-death

• Inverclyde Council – Registering a Death
http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/environment/registrars/registrations/registering-a-death

• West Dunbartonshire Council – Registering a Death
http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/birth-marriage-death/bereavement/death-registration/

• East Dunbartonshire Council – Registering a Death
https://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/residents/registration-services/registering-death

• North Lanarkshire Council – Registering a Death
https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2093

• South Lanarkshire Council – Bereavement Services
http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200209/deaths/394/registering_a_death

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