Postmortem

[moonshadow]

A friend who's father died 20 years ago would like a copy of the postmortem, is this possible? If so where would he apply to?

[bednobs]

i'm not sure postmortem reports are available now, let alone 20 years ago - "ordinary" people just get the death certificate where it says cause of death. Was there an inquest? if so prehaps the courts would be a place to start. or even ring up the coroners office in the area where the dad died and ask them

[moonshadow]

Thanks for your suggestion bednobs. The father was an ordinary person that died young and up to that point had no illness, so a postmortem was carried out, but that's all we know.

[gt43]

Hi there. If there's no known illness or apparent reason for death, then there will be an inquest to establish the cause of death. You might find it difficult to get copies of any official documents before this happens, especially if you're not Next of Kin, and under those circumstances the death certificate is unlikely to give much information, but the coroner's office will be able to advise. Good luck.

[gt43]

Oh **IT. So SORRY - just read your question properly !!!

But, yes - there will have been an inquest. You can get a copy of the death cert. from the Registry, but I have a feeling coroner's offices only keep records of PMs a certain number of years - probably not 20. But, still worth chatting to the coroner's office to check.

[moonshadow]

Thanks gt43 for your reply