What to do when someone dies
This can be a difficult and distressing time for you.
Please contact us if you would prefer talk to someone in person, we are here to support and guide you.
This information will provide you with guidance if you have had a bereavement.
Individual circumstances, and where the death occurred, will determine what needs to be done.
At home
In a care home or hospice
Elsewhere
Hospital death
Administration after death
What you need to do straight away after a death
- Get a medical certificate
- Register death
- Appoint a Funeral Director
- Arrange the funeral
- Notify insurers and creditors
In the weeks following the death
- Notify the person’s landlord and other organisations
- Notify government departments
- Use Tell Us Once and the Bereavement Service
- Return the person’s passport and driving licence
Local Registry Offices
- South Hams Registry Office: https://www.devon.gov.uk/registration-service/approvedvenues/south-hams-registration-office/
- Totnes Registry Office: https://www.devon.gov.uk/registration-service/deaths/