In the unfortunate event that a person has passed away, there are three things that must be done in the first few days;

• Get a medical certificate from your GP or hospital doctor (this is necessary to register the death)
• Register the death within 5 days (8 days in Scotland). You will then receive the necessary documents for the funeral.
• Make the necessary funeral arrangements.

Register the death

If the death has been reported to the coroner (or Procurator Fiscal in Scotland) they must give permission before registering the death.

You can register the death if you are a relative, a witness to the death, a hospital administrator or the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors.

You can use the ‘Register a Death’ page on the gov.uk website that will guide you through the process. This will also explain the registration process for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Arrange the funeral

The funeral can usually only take place after the death is registered. Most people use a funeral director, though you can arrange a funeral yourself.

Funeral directors

Choose a funeral director who’s a member of one of the following:

• National Association of Funeral Directors
• National Federation of Funeral Directors
• Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors

These organisations have codes of practice – they must give you a price list when asked.

Some local councils run their own funeral services, for example for non-religious burials. The British Humanist Association can also help with non-religious funerals.

Arranging the funeral yourself

Contact the Cemeteries and Crematorium Department of your local council to arrange a funeral yourself.

Funeral costs

Funeral costs can include:

• funeral director fees
• things the funeral director pays for on your behalf (called ‘disbursements’ or ‘third-party costs’), for example, crematorium or cemetery fees, or a newspaper announcement about the death
• local authority burial or cremation fees

Funeral directors may list all these costs in their quotes.

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges. In recent years, more and more organisations have been involving Doctors in a whole range of non-medical work. Sometimes, the only reason a GP is asked is because they are a position of trust in the community or because an insurance company or employer wants to ensure the information provided to them is true and accurate. Time spent completing and preparing reports takes a GP away from medical care of patients and impacts their workload.

Examples include the following:

• Medicals examinations or Reports – for driving requirements, insurance purposes, adoption examinations etc
• Insurance claim forms
• Exemption certificates
• Vaccination certificates
• Personal letters or to who it may concern letters

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with, if necessary, appointment availability. 

Please be aware we are unable to complete this work urgently, while we make every effort to complete the work promptly, we cannot guarantee that it will be done within a specified timeframe.

Please Note – we are not currently offering private travel vaccinations

The clinic is run by our nursing team but not all our nurses are trained to provide this service. The travel service MUST include an individual pre-travel risk assessment prior to ordering and administering the vaccinations. All of which can take a long time, especially if there are several family members traveling at one time.

We allocate a few hours per week of nurse time for our travel clinic. We are not able to give any more time than this as it would negatively impact on other patient care. This means there can be a waiting list for the clinic slots.

For this reason we require 8 WEEKS notice to be able to provide travel vaccinations for you here at Norwood medical centre. Unfortunately, if you are travelling within 8 weeks then you will need to attend a private clinic who will be able to provide a much faster service.

Here is a list of private clinics in Sheffield:

• Travel clinic – Sheffield Teaching Hospital
• Sheffield Travel Clinic | TravelDoc™ Sheffield – affordable vaccines
• Sheffield Fargate – Superdrug Health Clinic

You will need to fill a Travel Vaccination form in and hand it in at reception and you will be contacted with advice or an appointment. You can download the form below or pick one up from reception.

Travel Questionnaire

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

Currently there are several vaccinations which are available on the NHS these include Hep A, Typhoid, Polio, and Cholera.
Other vaccinations are not considered part of NHS service, and these are only available as a private service, these include Yellow Fever, Hep B, Japanese Encephalitis, Rabies, and more. We do not provide these private vaccinations or malaria prophylaxis.

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The practice nurse can give you advice on all aspects of women’s health and also carry out cervical smears. Please contact reception for an appointment.

Please note this service is currently unavailable at the surgery.

We run a minor operations clinic one afternoon a week. If you think you need to be seen in this clinic, please make an appointment to see a doctor to discuss referral. We politely request that you do not bring children to your Minor Operation appointment.

Both the practice nurses and doctors are happy to discuss and provide all methods of contraception, and give advice about starting a family. Coils and implants are fitted at the surgery, please ask at reception for more information – We politely request that you do not bring children with you to these appointments.

Baby clinics are held on a Thursday morning with the practice nurse. This clinic is for your baby’s 2nd and 3rd baby vaccinations and also for their MMR and Menitorix when they are 12 and 13 months old. The 1st baby vaccination will be given by the GP or the nurse when you baby has their 8 week medical.

When your child is born or you register with us we/child health services will advise you by letter of their vaccination dates. Please register your baby with the practice as soon as possible so that we can arrange the appropriate appointments and vaccinations.

The midwife holds booking clinics at the surgery on a Wednesday for your 1st appointment only, further appointments will be at The Meadows Children’s Centre. We share antenatal care with The Jessop Wing and will arrange an appointment for you with them.