Funeral and burial

Flugelhorn

I am sorry that they haven't produced the MCCD - there is no excuse for it, when I was a GP arriving at work in the morning to find an overnight death notification for one of my patients, completing the MCCD was the first thing I did as I knew that families would want to get on with the process of registration etc 
The only thing I can think is that the doctor who should be doing the cert is not there, really someone else in the team or the consultant should do the certificate - it doesn't take them long to do. 

JGB1955

Bolt1234 said:

What about religions who demand burial with 24 hours.  How on earth does that work?

I am aware that our local Iman knows exactly how to deal with this. I guess the same for oither religions.

Bolt1234

Thank you all. Bereavement Office thinks Doctor might be off.  Thing is I met many many doctors during my time at the hospital.  It wasn’t just one doctor looking after him.  BO says I really do need to register death where he died so it means a day off work which is of course fine but no one is sitting around on the off chance I get an email allowing me to book an appointment.  

I guess it will be sometime next week now. 

Bolt1234

Or maybe someone thinks some else is doing it… 

in_my_wellies

PO - sorry for your loss.

My mum died last month. All forms were sent by email except the registration which was done by appointment and very efficient. My mum had bought a funeral plan about 13 years ago but because she came to live with me in another area we decided to cancel and use the local independent FD. 

Info as it's a money saving site:
The independent FD was cheaper than the plan.
Plan £3145
Independent FD £2847

Even after paying the cancellation fee the difference was only £100 more so it's worth looking into the independent FD. For us it was worth it. I received a refund for the plan after two days.

For reference a cremation at 9.30am is around £150 cheaper than later in the day. Also means relatives in Australia can watch on a webcast. 

I haven't had time to complete the 'Tell Us Once' service yet (it was broken when I tried) but I have had letters from the council re council tax and from DWP regarding pension and AA already so I think the registrar must pass the information on automatically. 

Bolt1234

I am fine with the funeral arranger btw.  It’s the system.  All run by local authorities and the NHS so I guess I shouldn’t expect too much.  I was a supplier to government for many years.  The stories I could tell about inefficiency and cottage industries within various departments was truly shocking.

Bolt1234

Could someone advise on hymns.  We are looking at a very simple service.  Who organises the hymns?  I can choose them but does the priest organise the music and we sing along?

 What about the organist? Who arranges that? Do I need to provide CD’s? Or the funeral director?  Sorry - clueless!  Funeral is likely to only be 15 people maximum 

Money isn’t the issue btw.  

Savvy_Sue

Our last funeral was still a no-sing zone and the FD sent us a link to a wonderful compendium of music, not just hymns, which we could access. If we wanted something else, they'd try to get it added. It was through that system that we could live stream the service, and have it available for a month afterwards. That's how the pre and post service music was played too.

If you don't have a priest (or other religious leader) lined up and want one, the FD will put you in touch with one, and I'd expect the organist to be suggested by the church too - there would usually be an extra charge for both. But consider if you really want an organist - if your 15 attendees are used to singing hymns then go for it, but it can be a bit depressing if it doesn't take off. 

Flugelhorn

Bolt1234 said:

Could someone advise on hymns.  We are looking at a very simple service.  Who organises the hymns?  I can choose them but does the priest organise the music and we sing along?

 What about the organist? Who arranges that? Do I need to provide CD’s? Or the funeral director?  Sorry - clueless!  Funeral is likely to only be 15 people maximum 

Money isn’t the issue btw.  

The usual is the funeral director will ask what you want - you can have an organist or CDs - if it is in a church it depends what they have available system wise, if it is a cemetery chapel then they are likely to have all sorts of systems and choice - the FD will advise - the clergy / cemetery / FD usually have a list of organists who can attend.
  TBH with 15 people you need only 1 or 2 very well known hymns as often tricky to get people to sing unless they are used to it or Welsh (half the family are Welsh, participation was never a problem) and if you want anything other then  consider music  - nothing wrong in sitting and listening to a piece of favourite music

Just thinking CDs are often recorded at a better pace and will get a smaller number to sing along, some organists can play a bit too slow and that is fine if you are in a cathedral with a choir but otherwise makes it harder work

TonyMMM

You don't have to travel to register... you can do it at the registration office closest to you, it's called registering "by declaration". 

The two registration offices should be able to arrange it for you between them.