内容摘要：that "none of the roles make any specific reference to there being a lead person responsible for health and safety", as this is something all members of staff have a duty to follow.

that "none of the roles make any specific reference to there being a lead person responsible for health and safety", as this is something all members of staff have a duty to follow.

Jeff Wilson at Ashbrooke Funeral Directors in Sunderland said deaths in the region were taking longer to be signed off and so it was taking longer for funerals to be organised.South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (STSNFT) acknowledged the issue and said it was "very sorry".

It blamed a recent law change and "unforeseen absence" in the medical examiner workforce.Reforms to the death certification system came into effectAll deaths are now reviewed independently, either by a medical examiner or a coroner, before a death certificate is issued.

The moves were made partly in response to theIt has led to a jump in the workload of medical examiners across the country, according to the Royal College of Pathologists.

Mr Wilson said a funeral could not be booked until a death was registered.

He said before the reforms came into force, it would take three or four days before a death was registered or "sometimes sooner".The Northern Lights are caused by the interaction of the solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and our planet's magnetic field and atmosphere.

Country music singer Lisa McHugh has told how her baby daughter spent 10 "horrendous" days in hospital after contracting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).is a common, but highly infectious, respiratory virus that affects the breathing system, particularly in young children and older adults.

"You feel so helpless, and it's the most horrible feeling for a parent to go through, to not be able to fix what's going on or help," said Ms McHugh.According to the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland, there have been more than 1,000 cases of RSV in infants under the age of one since 30 September 2024.