Bereavement Support Services

Introduction

Bereavement Services provide support for staff, family and friends following a death in Hospital, the Emergency Department or in the community when the body had been brought to the Hospital.

Please see this information for bereaved families relating to COVID-19

Procedures Provided

Supervision and completion of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Supervision and completion of Cremation papers
Referring appropriate deaths to HM Coroner
Supporting family/friends with HM Coroners and Registration of a death processes
Obtaining consent and supporting Staff and Relatives in the Hospital Post Mortem process
Arranging and meeting with Relatives to issue the MCCD
Arranging and accompanying relatives to viewings or identifications of the deceased
Updating IPM, tracking patients notes
Producing Electronic Discharge Letters to GP’s via ICE
Register the Death and arranging the Funeral for Patients who die in Hospital with no known next of kin.

Patient Information Leaflets

Clinicians - Consultants/Specialist Nurses

Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

Bereavement Support Services

Margaret Malcolm Senior Bereavement Support Officer

Karen Jack Bereavement Support Officer

Useful Contacts

Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

Bedfordshire Police HQ: 01234 841212

Bleep Number: 299

Direct Line: 01582 497344

Opening Hours: 08.00-18.00
Monday to Friday

Registration Office: 01582 548837

Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Central Bedfordshire 0300 300 8383
[email protected]

Outpatients booking department: 01582 561385

Switchboard 01582 491166