An out-of-hours service is available in Sandwell for families who need to register a death that occured in Sandwell so that an urgent burial can take place at the weekend or a Bank Holiday.
This service is for when a burial needs to take place on the day of death or the following day if this is a non working day:
We are unable to offer an out-of-hours cremation service.
If you need to register a death and organise a burial service outside normal office hours:
- The death must have occurred in Sandwell and must not have been reported to the coroner
- A Medical Examiner (ME) is a senior medical doctor who will provide scrutiny to all non-coronial deaths.
- (Form 66 MCCD) must be completed by the attending medical practitioner and the relevant Medical Examiner (ME). This form will be sent directly to the Register Office to enable the registration of death to go ahead.
- Provisional funeral arrangements must be in place.
Out-of-hours death registrations
Our out-of-hours death registration service is available on 07810 152159 on weekends and Bank Holidays from 9am - 1pm.
Out-of-hours burial arrangements
Our out-of-hours burial arrangement service is available on 07391 414 254 on weekends and Bank Holidays:
- From 9am-2pm between 1 October and 31 March
- From 9am-3pm between 1 April and 30 September