169 Medical examiners
Health and Care Act 2022 (2022 c 31) | Legislation

Medical examiners

169  Medical examiners

(1)     After section 18 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 insert—

“18A Medical 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

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