Mortuary

Our mortuary team provides a comprehensive mortuary and post-mortem service, looking after people’s loved ones after they have died in a peaceful and dignified way. This includes:

  • The care of a deceased person from the hospital and community.
  • Providing hospital consented post-mortems and coronial post-mortems (including forensic) on behalf of HM Coroner of Surrey. 

We are an Accreditation Compliant HTA (Human Tissue Authority) Licenced Establishment (12232).

Service details

Additional services include:

  • Consented tissue donation retrievals.
  • Consented organ retrievals for medical research organisations.
  • Viewing facilities for families to visit their relative in a quiet, modern viewing suite via the Medical Examiner’s Office or Coroner’s Office.
  • 24/7 on-call service 365 days a year for all operational needs of the service.

Contact us

Our normal opening times are Monday to Friday 8am-4pm, excluding public holidays. Outside of these hours the Duty Anatomical Pathology Technician can be contacted via switchboard (01483 571122).

The medical examiner’s office liaises with families of deceased people resting in the mortuary. 

The coroner’s office will liaise with families regarding any deceased people under their authority.

Relatives' Office

Telephone: 01483 303 361 to discuss any hospital bereavements.