Funeral Industry News

  • Guidance for Storage of the deceased by Funeral Directors prior to the issue of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death

    15th August 2024 by

    The Deaths in the Community Working Group have released guidance for funeral directors outlining what to do when caring for the deceased prior to the provision of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) by a registered medical practitioner. There may be a delay for a number of reasons such as public holiday long...

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  • Inspection of Burial, Cremation and Funeral Directors Consultation Analysis Report

    15th July 2024 by

    As you may know the Scottish Government held a collection of public consultations between 25 August – 17 November 2023 on proposals for different aspects of regulation of the funeral sector. The consultation analysis report for the inspection of burial, cremation and funeral directors is now available to view online. More information and links to...

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  • Scottish Government recruiting for funeral director interviewees (£ compensation provided)

    19th June 2024 by

    The Scottish Government’s Burial and Cremation team is working alongside Storm ID (a digital design agency) to design and develop a new website to support the implementation of funeral sector regulation, including the proposed inspection and licensing regimes. Central to this work is establishing the needs of and requirements of its future users – these...

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  • Public Consultations: Analysis Reports

    13th May 2024 by

    The Scottish Government launched a collection of public consultations on 25 August 2023 with proposals on different aspects of regulation of the funeral sector: Alkaline hydrolysis (‘water cremation’) Burial Inspection of burial, cremation and funeral directors Licensing of funeral directors. The consultations closed on Friday 17 November 2023. The consultation analysis report for burial is...

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  • Public Consultations: Analysis Reports

    26th April 2024 by

    The Scottish Government launched a collection of public consultations on 25 August 2023 with proposals on different aspects of regulation of the funeral sector: Alkaline hydrolysis (‘water cremation’) Burial Inspection of burial, cremation and funeral directors Licensing of funeral directors. The consultations closed on Friday 17 November 2023. The consultations analysis reports for Alkaline hydrolysis...

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  • Funeral Director Code of Practice: approved by The Scottish Parliament

    20th February 2024 by

    The Scottish Government is pleased to confirm that the draft Funeral Director Code of Practice (‘the Code’) received parliamentary approval on 31 January 2024. Please see the Scottish Government website for the approved Code. The Minister for Public Health & Women’s Health, Jenni Minto MSP, has written to funeral directors in Scotland to inform them...

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  • Public consultations: Reminder

    14th November 2023 by

    The Scottish Government launched a collection of public consultations on 25 August 2023 on different aspects of regulation of the funeral sector: Alkaline hydrolysis (‘water cremation’) Burial Inspection of burial, cremation and funeral directors Licensing for funeral directors. The consultations are still available on the Scottish Government’s consultation hub, Citizen Space. The consultations will close on...

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  • Public Consultation Events – Call for questions

    17th October 2023 by

    In our previous blog post, we advertised two public consultation events that the Scottish Government is hosting to give individuals the chance to discuss the collection of consultations on funeral sector regulation. We are now calling for your questions ahead of the events. We will do our best to answer these on the day alongside more general...

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  • Consultation on Crematoria Guidance PGN (5/12)

    11th October 2023 by

    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK Government has launched a consultation on the review of the Crematoria Guidance PGN (5/12). This consultation seeks views on the proposed new guidance that will replace the existing crematoria guidance PG5/2(12). This consultation will be of interest to regulatory bodies, individual operators, trade...

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  • Public Consultation Events: Regulations for the Funeral Sector

    3rd October 2023 by

    The Scottish Government is running two online consultation engagement events to discuss the collection of consultations on funeral sector regulation. The events are open to members of the public and of the funeral sector. The events will take place on 24 October 2023 (12:00 – 13:00) and 2 November 2023 (18:30 – 19:30) and will...

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