# Northern Ireland Bereavement Service

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    ---
    type: "Public Service"
    title: "Northern Ireland Bereavement Service"
    description: "Department for Communities service for reporting a death to Northern Ireland benefit offices and checking specified bereavement support."
    status: "observed"
    assertion_status: "official"
    jurisdiction: "northern-ireland"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    sources:
      - id: "nidirect-bereavement-service"
        title: "Bereavement Service - reporting a death"
        resource: "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/bereavement-service-reporting-death"
        author: "organisation:department-for-communities-northern-ireland"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    ---

    # Northern Ireland Bereavement Service

    This service records a death for Department for Communities benefit offices.
    It is one part of the [Northern Ireland notification route](../services/northern-ireland-death-notifications.md),
    not Tell Us Once and not a universal notification service.