Power to scrutinise deaths3.
(1)
An NHS trust in England may scrutinise the death of any person who has died in England where—
(a)
a senior coroner is not under a duty to investigate the death under section 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 20092, or
(b)
it is unclear whether the death is one which a registered medical practitioner would be required to notify to the relevant senior coroner under the Notification of Deaths Regulations 20193.
(2)
In paragraph (1), the reference to scrutinising a death is a reference to scrutiny carried out in accordance with “Implementing the medical examiner system: National Medical Examiner’s good practice guidelines”, published by NHS England and NHS Improvement in January 20204, and includes any review which forms part of the process of scrutinising a death under those guidelines.