Part 1

Coroners etc
Chapter 2

Notification, certification and registration of deaths

Medical examiners: England
18A
1
An English NHS body may appoint persons as medical examiners to discharge in England the functions conferred on medical examiners by or under this Chapter.
2
The Secretary of State must take such steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of ensuring—
a
that enough medical examiners are appointed under subsection
(1)
to enable those functions to be discharged in England,
b
that the funds and other resources that are made available to such medical examiners are enough to enable those functions to be discharged in England, and
c
that the performance of such medical examiners is monitored by reference to any standards or levels of performance that they are expected to attain.
3
For the purposes of discharging the duty in subsection
(2)
, the Secretary of State may give a direction to an English NHS body—
a
requiring the body to appoint or arrange for the appointment of one or more medical examiners,
b
about the funds or other resources to be made available to a medical examiner employed by an English NHS body,
c
about the steps to be taken by the body to monitor the performance of such a medical examiner, or
d
about the steps to be taken by the body to monitor the performance of functions by an English NHS body in relation to such a medical examiner.
4
In this section “
English NHS body
” means—
a
NHS England,
b
an integrated care board established under section 14Z25 of the National Health Service Act 2006,
c
a National Health Service trust established under section 25 of that Act,
d
a Special Health Authority established under section 28 of that Act, or
e
an NHS foundation trust within the meaning of section 30 of that Act.
Ss. 18A, 18B inserted (1.10.2023) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 169(1), 186(6); S.I. 2023/1035, reg. 2(b)