If a tenant dies in hospital in Camden and there is no known next of kin the personal finances team in ASC (currently Kim Budd) will deal with their affairs including any belongings in their flat.  If the hospital is outside Camden the same team in that local authority area will do the same.

The team also deal with the affairs of tenants with no known next of kin who die at home but these case are dealt with by the police and coroner’s office before they are passed to Kim.

Remember to add a case to LWP and add an expected end date to the tenancy when we have been told someone has died.  Do this even if you think someone might succeed to the tenancy (in which case the termination reason would be SUC or NSS rather than deceased).  

Afterwards, update the arrears action page on Northgate with the DECD code adding in the date of death and noting if it was Covid-19 related in the drop down.