S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2021 No. 504  NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND  The National Health Service Trust (Scrutiny of Deaths)  (England) Order 2021  The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Order in exercise of the  powers conferred upon him by paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Act  2006( a ).  1.  This Order may be cited as the National Health Service Trust (Scrutiny of Deaths) (England)  Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st May 2021.  2.  This Order extends to England and Wales, and applies only to England.  Citation and commencement  Application and extent  Power to scrutinise deaths  Made  -  -  -  -  23rd April 2021  Coming into force -  -  1st May 2021  3. —(1) An NHS trust in England may scrutinise the death of any person who has died in  England where—  (a) a senior coroner is not under a duty to investigate the death under section 1 of the  Coroners and Justice Act 2009( b ), or  (b) it is unclear whether the death is one which a registered medical practitioner would be  required to notify to the relevant senior coroner under the Notification of Deaths  Regulations 2019( c ).  (2) In paragraph (1), the reference to scrutinising a death is a reference to scrutiny carried out in  accordance with “Implementing the medical examiner system: National Medical Examiner’s good  practice guidelines”, published by NHS England and NHS Improvement in January 2020( d ), and  includes any review which forms part of the process of scrutinising a death under those guidelines.  Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.  ( a ) 2006 c. 41.  ( b ) 2009 c. 25.  ( c ) S.I. 2019/1112.  ( d ) A copy of the guidelines is available at https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/6398/National_Medical_Examiner_- _good_practice_guidelines.pdf. A hard copy may be obtained from NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT. 