Part 1Coroners etc
Chapter 2Notification, certification and registration of deaths
18AF1Medical examiners: England
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.