part of a bureaucratic procedure. : )
see link below.
nothing which makes the fact of death uncertain! i'm not sure, but it's likely that inquests are required. (i'm digging back into my industrial death benefit days, when the coroner had to be notified of any death when pneumoconiosis was involved.)
an inquest can cause a delay in the issue of a death certificate, but the BD8 (Certificate of Registration of Death) can normally be issued, and the full certificate of death is not required by the DWP anyway. in any event, they can stop payments on a non-verified report of date of death, which is obvioussly the right thing to do when they have been told a claimant has died, and they have no reason to doubt it.
incidently, it can make a big difference if there is a widow, if they are DELAYING for the inquest. social security law has no interest in the cause of death (since IIDeath Benefit) was abolished, only the fact and date of death. conventionally, respect for the dead and compassion for the bereaved always trumped bureaucratic dogmatic rigidity, and our public services ( i know, i said i would stop it...)should be capable of sensitive and pragmatic action when called for. it is always called for around the area of bereavements, and there is no excuse for any idiotic pretending the person is not dead until a death certificate is issued!!!! they are willfully paying out public money which should not be paid, AND THEIR STUPIDITY WILL INEVITABLY CAUSE DISTRESS TO THE BEREAVED when they have the unnecessary stress of dealing with the demand for repayment, and are confronted with the unpleasant reality that they are dealing with a system that has humanity costed and scripted out of it.
http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/noids/noidlist.htm
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