PART 6Miscellaneous
Medical examiners
I2169Medical examiners
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After section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 insert—
18AMedical 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.
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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.
18BMedical examiners: Wales
1
A Welsh NHS body may appoint persons as medical examiners to discharge in Wales the functions conferred on medical examiners by or under this Chapter.
2
The Welsh Ministers must take such steps as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for the purpose of ensuring—
a
that enough medical examiners are appointed under subsection (1) to enable those functions to be discharged in Wales,
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 Wales, 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
In this section “Welsh NHS body” means—
a
a Local Health Board,
b
a National Health Service trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or
c
a Special Health Authority established under section 22 of that Act.
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In section 19 of that Act (medical examiners)—
a
in the heading, after “examiners” insert “: supplementary”
;
b
omit subsections (1) and (2);
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In section 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of “medical examiner”, for “means a person appointed under section 19” substitute “has the meaning given by section 48(1)”
.
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In the Health and Social Care Act 2012 omit section 54 (which inserted references to local authorities into sections 19 and 20 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009).