# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 52: Notice of deaths


(1) The contractor must give notice in writing to NHS England of the death on its practice premises of a patient no later than the end of the first working day after the day on which that death occurred.
(2) The notice given under sub-paragraph (1) must include—
(a) the patient's name;
(b) the patient's National Health Service number (where known);
(c) the date and place of the patient's death;
(d) a brief description of the circumstances (as known) surrounding the patient's death;
(e) the name of any medical practitioner or other person treating the patient while the patient was on the contractor's practice premises; and
(f) the name (where known) of any other person who was present at the time of the patient's death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/schedule/3/paragraph/52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-52
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