The workload of a medical examiner service at an acute National Health Service hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Norfolk &amp; Norwich University Hospital experience

Payne‐James, Jason; Parapanos, Louise; C Carpenter, Katie; Lopez, Berenice

doi:10.1177/00258024221087005

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The workload of a medical examiner service at an acute National Health Service hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital experience

Published in Medicine Science and the Law • Mar 15, 2022

Authors:

Jason Payne‐James

Louise Parapanos

Katie C Carpenter

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic commenced in March 2020. In May 2019, a new Medical Examiner system was introduced to scrutinise deaths of patients dying within acute National Health Service Trusts. The Coronavirus Act 2020 which came into force in March 2020 modified certification of death requirements. Newl...

Subject

Medical examiner

Workload

Pandemic

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