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Contact details
| Sharon McMinn Mortuary Services Manager and bereavement lead |
0161 701 3307 | Sharon.McMinn@mft.nhs.uk |
| Mortuary office | 2541 | |
| All telephone extensions should be prefixed with 0161 291 when calling from outside the hospital unless otherwise stated. | ||
Opening hours
The Mortuary is staffed between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours, and over the weekend, there is an on-call technician available via Switchboard between the hours of 16:00 – 22:00 weekdays and 08:00 – 22:00 at weekends and bank holidays. The Mortuary is staffed between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours, and over the weekend, there is an on-call technician available via Switchboard between the hours of 8:00am and 10:00pm. The Mortuary is open to Funeral Directors during the following times: Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 15:30pm
The Mortuary has a dedicated viewing suite for relatives. This is available by appointment only for immediate next of kin only.
The viewing suite is open via an appointment system Monday-Friday: 09:00am – 15:30pm. All appointments are 30 minutes in duration and are booked through the mortuary via switchboard.
Out of these hours are booked through the Duty manager via switchboard (Monday-Friday: 16:00-22:00 and Saturday/Sunday and Bank Holidays: 08:00-22:00).
(Last reviewed September 2023)