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Publication #8391
Reference
CMO(2025)02
Name
Update on the guidance for doctors completing medical certificates of the cause of death (MCCD) and its quality assurance
Categories
Scottish Government
CMO Letters
Organization
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Department
Keywords
NHS
Scotland
Health Boards
Special Health Boards
Cause of Death
Medical Certificates
Quality Assurance
Guidance
Health Professionals
Description
This letter provides an update to sections – 1 (The Purposes of Death Certification); 4 (Reporting Death to the Procurator Fiscal - PF); 7(Date and Time of Death (7.1); Name of the Deceased recorded on the MCCD (7.4); Hazards to include cremation and burials (7.7); and Stillbirth (7.8) and Annex 5. Weblinks have also been updated in the document.
Contact Name
Dr Mini Mishra
Contact Email
Contact Address
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG
Contact Phone
Created
2025-02-20 09:18:00
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