Coroner service guide
Coroner service guide
Looks into unknown deaths, and finds out how and why they happened.
Professional referrals
Police, GP's and hospital staff can refer a death online:
Deaths reported to the coroner
These are:
- sudden or unexplained
- unnatural
- during an operation or if a person didn't recover from anesthetic
- due to industrial disease
- in prison or police custody
The circumstances of the death may be discussed with the deceased's relatives.
If the coroner requires more information about the circumstances, an inquest will be held.
Any paperwork necessary to register the death will be issued by the coroner.
This government guide to coroner services includes information about coroner investigations and inquest processes, and useful links for help and support.
Coroner inquest
This is an inquiry into the medical cause and circumstances of a death.
The conclusion of inquests can take some time. When this happens, the coroner may issue an interim death certificate.
This can be presented to anyone asking for a death certificate, but you may be asked to show the actual certificate when the death has been registered.
Getting a death certificate after inquest
You can contact the registrar (in the district where the death took place) and arrange to order the certificate.
Certificates cost £12.50 each.
- learn more about copy certificates
- local register office contact details
Contact coroner service
All new referrals should now be made on our online portal.
For case referrals, queries, or other business (monitored between 8am and 4pm, Monday to Friday):
Telephone: 01670 622 600
Email: coroners@northumberland.gov.uk
Address:
County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF
Coroner service staff
HM Senior Coroner for Northumberland
Mr Andrew Hetherington
Coroner Personal Assistant
Jane Tait
Telephone: 01670 623 131
Email: jane.tait@northumberland.gov.uk
Coroner Admin Support
Ann Battensby
Telephone: 01670 622 537
Email: ann.battensby@northumberland.gov.uk
Senior Coroner Officer
Linda Cochrane
Telephone: 01670 623 135
Email: linda.dean@northumberland.gov.uk
Coroner Officers
Maggie Banks
Telephone: 01670 624 716
Email: maggie.banks@northumberland.gov.uk
Sarah Abrahams
Telephone: 01670 620 119
Email: sarah.abrahams@northumberland.gov.uk
Rebecca Moss
Telephone: 01670 623 136
Email: rebecca.moss02@northumberland.gov.uk
John Tierney
Telephone: 01670 623 137
Email: john.tierney@northumberland.gov.uk
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