Alan Fletcher, Medical Examiner

Alan is the National Medical Examiner for England and Wales, having been appointed in March 2019. He was Lead Medical Examiner in Sheffield until this appointment. He pioneered the medical examiner role since March 2008 as part of the Department of Health's death certification reforms and the experience gained has helped inform policy and strategy as well as the Francis report at Mid Staffordshire; he has personally reviewed over 22,000 deaths.

He has responsibility for the training of prospective medical examiners as National Clinical Lead for e-learning and is a member of several DHSC committees, including the Death Certification Reforms Strategic Programme Board.  He was Chair of the Royal College of Pathologists Medical Examiners Committee from 2015-2019. He maintains his clinical practice as Consultant in Emergency Medicine and General Internal Medicine at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.