2020, issue 18

Patient deaths and medical examiners

Mike Devlin MDU head of professional standards and liaison
ByDr Michael Devlin
Published07 August 2020
Dr Michael Devlin explains how medical examiners play a vital role in the process of scrutinising patient deaths.

The principal role of the medical examiner is to scrutinise all deaths occurring in their geographical area of responsibility.

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Dr Michael Devlin
Head of professional standards and liaison

Michael was an MDU medico-legal adviser for 15 years, latterly as head of medico-legal services, before taking up the new role of head of professional standards and liaison. He sat on the FFLM's academic committee and was previously treasurer, and an examiner for the MFFLM. He has published widely on medico-legal matters, and has significant experience in teaching and assessing knowledge in medico-legal subjects.

Patient deaths and medical examiners