Red flags in coroners' inquiries and FAIs

Dr Christine Walker MDU medico-legal adviser
ByDr Christine Walker
Published07 July 2021
Coroners' inquires and fatal accident inquiries exist to establish the facts of a death, but criticism at an inquest can have consequences for doctors.
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Dr Christine Walker
Medico-legal adviser

Christine Walker undertook GP training before choosing a career in paediatrics. Her particular interests were neonatology, paediatric neurology and child development. She became a consultant in community paediatrics, leading a multi-disciplinary child development centre team and she was made a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. She has been a medico-legal adviser at the MDU since 2009.

Red flags in coroners' inquiries and FAIs