Legal glitch means nurse practitioners can sign off on death but not cremation

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Legal glitch means nurse practitioners can sign off on death but not cremation

Keira Louise
Stephenson
Dead body
Cremation certificates are needed for around 80 per cent of the death certificates signed by one nurse provider
It’s just ridiculous. If you can sign off on a death certificate, surely to God, you can sign a cremation certificate A gap in new legislation me