From Wednesday 17th June 2020 Kent County Council is pleased to announce that face to face birth registrations will resume at a number of registration delivery points across the county. Since the 23rd March 2020 birth registrations have been unable to be completed unless in an emergency situation due to the social distancing guidance and lockdown enforcement imposed by the Government and Public Health.
While this has been necessary we appreciate that many parents have waited many weeks to register their baby so thank everyone for their patience and understanding during this period while we have worked to ensure the safe return of these appointments for both customers and staff.
During lockdown we have built up a large backlog of birth registrations that require appointments and as a result we will be opening as many appointments as is safe to do so in each location. We will be offering appointments between the hours of 10:00am - 4:00pm Monday - Saturday.
We will be contacting those couples who had by necessity had their appointments cancelled at the start of lockdown so we can book them a new appointment.
From tomorrow, our website - www.kent.gov.uk/births - will have information on the locations that are offering appointments. You can book an appointment online or call our contact centre on 03000 415151 (Kent) 03000 415252 (Bexley).
You should expect a phone call the day before the booked appointment confirming what to expect when attending the appointment. The registrar that completes the phone call will confirm who should attend the appointment, what to bring with you and anything you need to know about the location of the appointment in advance to make the process on the day as easy as possible.
We would like to thank everyone in advance for your patience and support whilst we work though the volume of birth registrations that we have to complete.
Murray Evans
Kent County Council
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