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Why families are facing agonising waits to bury their loved ones
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April 19, 2025
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2:24Now PlayingBereaved families are facing weeks of delays to bury their loved ones, due to new rules on the way deaths are registered in England and Wales.
Until last September, the death of anyone by natural causes could be signed off by a GP.
Now they've also got to be checked by a medical examiner before a funeral can take place.
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