The gradual easing of restrictions – NAFD initial response
Although there are no immediate changes to the numbers of people permitted to attend a…
Although there are no immediate changes to the numbers of people permitted to attend a…
In a response to the NAFD's letter and recent Parliamentary Questions, Minister of State for…
Given the urgent need to clarify the situation, for all funeral directors, regarding liability over…
Today we mark the loss of more than 100,000 people who have died within 28…
With reference to this story: https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/crime/mansfield-man-issued-with-fine-after-large-funeral-6922746 Funeral directors do not invite mourners to funerals. They…
During a debate on funeral plan regulation in the House of Commons on 19 January…
Last week, the NAFD received several reports that funeral directors in Northern Ireland were placing…
Updated funeral guidance for England, reflecting lockdown restrictions, has been published on the Government website.…
Rapid (lateral flow) testing is now being rolled out across England and, as a profession that…
Through our work with local resilience forums/partnerships across England, Wales and Scotland and the Department…
The Scottish Government has today published updated guidance for funeral directors, burial and cremation authorities…
After the NAFD and other members of the Deceased Management Advisory Group made extensive representations…
The Government's lockdown guidance for England, which becomes law on Wednesday 6 January (but which…
As part of the new lockdown measures for all areas of Scotland currently in level…
On 19 December 2020, the Government announced Tier 4 restrictions for parts of England. In…
From today (11 December) the maximum number of 25 mourners allowed at a funeral in…
Please click here to download the latest version of Public Health England's long form guidance…
The Welsh Government has updated the guidance on managing and attending a funeral from today…
The NAFD has teamed up with Our Frontline to secure valuable mental health and bereavement…
On 3 December, when the lockdown ends in England, the country will return to a…
The NAFD is aware of concern among funeral directors over where liability for enforcement of…
The Death Certification Review Service (DCRS), run by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, checks on the accuracy…
Following the end of the fire-break lockdown, wakes may now be held for up to…
Having now reviewed the draft regulations, which were passed in a vote today in Parliament,…
The Scottish Government has updated its guidance to the funeral sector in the light of…
Please click below for the latest revision (30 October 2020) to the Cabinet Office Civil…
The Scottish Government has shared guidance on contact tracing in complex environments with the NAFD.…
Updated regulations in England and Wales exempt bereaved people who are symptomatic of, or have…
here have been lots of questions about face coverings in funeral vehicles. This morning (2 October…
Today, the latest set of COVID-19 regulations comes into force across much of the UK…
The new ‘rule of six’ laws (enacted on 14 September) do not apply to funeral services (burials or cremations, or religious ceremonies directly associated with burials and cremations) unless specified in areas of local lockdown.
From Saturday 8 August, face coverings must be worn by members of the public: attending…
Yesterday afternoon (3 August) at a meeting of the Deceased Management Advisory Group, the Government…
Late on Friday (31 July), it was announced that face coverings would be mandatory for…
The Cabinet Office has clarified that visitors to funeral homes in England are exempt from…
Up to 20 people will be allowed to attend funerals Categories of who can attend…
The Public Health England Managing a Funeral during COVID-19 guidance has today (9 July 2020)…
Today, Saturday 4 July, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No.2) (England) Regulations 2020 were updated,…
Updated guidance on managing infection risks from deceased persons infected with COVID-19 has been released…
HM Treasury has extended the period during which VAT is not payable on Personal Protective…
More than 4,000 names have already been added to the virtual memorial for all those…
The Church of England has confirmed that funeral services will be able to be held…
Cruse Scotland has asked for the assistance of funeral directors in Scotland them by reminding…
The latest “COVID-19 Updated Guidelines for Funeral Directors on Managing Infection Risks when Handling the…
A coalition of support is building around the NAFD’s proposal for a Funeral Crisis Loan, which is continuing to put pressure on the Government to introduce the loan to help bereaved people during the COVID-19 crisis.
The National Association of Funeral Directors is today (20 May 2020) urging the Government to introduce a Crisis Funeral Loan to assist thousands of bereaved people having to unexpectedly pay for a funeral.
The NAFD has published a protocol to ensure that funeral directors and providers of care in a residential setting are fully aware of the risks posed when an individual dies in a residential care setting and is either confirmed to have had COVID-19, or is suspected to have had it.
Following consultation with the NAFD and others, Public Health England has published an update to its guidance on care of the deceased with suspected or confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19).