{"id":496,"date":"2021-01-18T15:21:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/?p=496"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:21:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T15:21:35","slug":"temporary-changes-to-the-death-certification-review-service-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/2021\/01\/18\/temporary-changes-to-the-death-certification-review-service-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Changes to the Death Certification Review Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Death Certification Review Service (DCRS), run by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, checks on the accuracy of a sample of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs); also referred to as Form 11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on clinical services, the review of randomised MCCDs and Interested Person Reviews, were temporarily suspended by Scottish Ministers on 26\u00a0March 2020. \u00a0The service was reinstated on a reduced basis on the 11\u00a0May and resumed business as usual on 31\u00a0August.\u00a0 On 24 November 2020, DCRS revised the type of reviews done without reducing the number carried out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 infections have been rising for some time and clinical services are again reporting an increase in COVID-19 related workload and pressure on front line doctors. This has highlighted the need for a further temporary reduction to the percentage of reviews carried out from 12% to 8% of all eligible MCCD. The DCRS enquiry line for doctors, Interested Person Reviews and applications for repatriations will continue as normal. \u00a0The level will be reviewed weekly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>These changes came into effect from 09:00 today (Monday 18 January 2021).<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Death Certification Review Service (DCRS), run by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, checks on the accuracy of a sample of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs); also referred to as Form 11. &nbsp; Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on clinical services, the review of randomised MCCDs and Interested Person Reviews, were&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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