Coroner's Office for Gateshead and South Tyneside
Overview
The coroner for Gateshead and South Tyneside has a team of six officers based at the Town Hall and Civic Offices in South Tyneside.
A coroner's officer receives reports of deaths in the community, hospitals, care settings and prisons or other type of state detentions, and make appropriate inquiries at the direction of the coroner.
A coroner's officer is responsible for investigating a death, from the first report of the death, to the end of the coroner's involvement. They will be your main contact.
A coroner investigates deaths if they think that the:
- death was violent or unnatural
- cause of death is unknown
- person died in prison or other type of state detention