wirral.gov.uk How To Register A Stillbirth England : City Council

Name of the Organization : Wirral City Council
Type of Facility : How To Register A Stillbirth
City : Wirral
Country : England

Website : https://www.wirral.gov.uk/

How To Register A Stillbirth :

** If a baby is stillborn after the 24th week of pregnancy, it needs to be registered.
** You will be given a certificate of stillbirth signed by the doctor or midwife present, which you will need to give to the registrar.

Related : Wirral City Council How To Register & Re-Register A Birth England : www.statusin.org/25492.html

** Call the Register Office on 0151 606 2020 to make an appointment.

Where should a stillbirth be registered?
** Stillbirths should be registered in the district where they took place within 42 days.
** A still birth cannot be registered more than 3 months after it occurred.

Who can register a stillbirth?
** If you are married, either parent
** If you are not married the mother must register the stillbirth.
** If the father’s or other parent’s details are to be included both parents must attend
** If neither parent is available the Register Office should be contacted

Information you will need to provide :
** Date and place of the stillbirth
** Child’s name
** Child’s sex
** Mother’s name, maiden surname (if appropriate) date and place of birth, occupation and usual address
** Father’s or other parent’s name, date and place of birth and occupation (if their details are to be included)
** Some statistical information will be recorded, including the date of the marriage (if applicable) and the number of previous children the mother has had

Certificates you will receive :
** Certificate of registration – issued free of charge to prove that the stillbirth has been recorded
** Stillbirth certificate
** Certificate for burial or cremation – this is normally passed to the funeral director.

Changing the first name of your child :
** If you decide to change your child’s first name(s) within 12 months of the date of the registration of the birth you can do it on the original birth registration.

** If the child has been baptised in the Christian faith, within the 12 month period after birth registration, you can obtain a form from the Register Office to take to the Minister of the Church where the child was baptised. [link to Register Office location page]
** Once this form has been completed it needs to be returned to the Register Office and the amended names can be added to the original birth certificate.

** You can purchase copies of the certificate for a fee of £4.00.
** If the child has not been baptised you can complete a form at the Register Office.
** The amended names can then be added to the original birth certificate and you can purchase certified copies of the certificate for a fee of £4.00.

Changing the surname of your child :
** To change the surname of your child you will need to re-register the birth.
** Call 0151 606 2020 to make an appointment to re-register.
** Correcting a mistake in the naming of your child
** If you made a mistake in the original birth registration you will need to prove that an error exists.

** If you realise you made an error within a couple of weeks of registration you should write a letter setting out what the error is and how it came to be made.
** If there has been a longer time gap you will also need to provide documentary proof, dated from the earliest infancy, that the child is being brought up in a different name to that recorded. This could be a Clinic Card, NHS medical card or bank book.

This letter and documentary proof, if required, should be sent to :
The General Register Office
Smedley Hydro
Trafalagar Road
Birkdale
PR8 2HH