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Ash Cash 6:59pm on 19 Apr 2008 Travel expenses are claimed separately from the certificate. Pacemaker removal also attracts a separate fee, but in my experience it is generally the undertaker who performs this task. In sudden unexpected deaths where a coroners or procurator fiscal office is involved, the GP is usually not involved in the issue of cremation certificate.
Ash Cash 5:52pm on 19 Apr 2008 There are some inaccuracies in this report. Cremation certification has different implication for hospital doctors and GP's. Hospital doctors are employees of the hospital trust whereas GP's are self employed. Cremation certificates are not part of NHS work, but are required before the crematorium medical officer can allow the cremation. Signing the certificate can involve for GP's considerable travelling to view the body and to organise a second independent doctor to sign the second part of the certificate. This can be time consuming. The second doctor in particular must undertake some investigation of the circumstances of the death before satisfying himself sufficiently to be able to sign the second part. Again this can involve travel. I personally would prefer some other mechanism to allow this certificate to be signed other than involving a GP but it is difficult to see who else would be in a position to do it.

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