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The principal function of the clinical Forensic Medicine Unit is to provide clinical forensic medical services.
Full-time and part-time practitioners provide the same range of services including:
Supporting the Office of the State Coroner in relation to the investigation of healthcare-related deaths.
Full-time forensic medical officers are based in Brisbane, Cairns, the Gold Coast and Townsville each of whom is employed by Queensland Health. In other parts of the state a similar service is provided by part-time local private practitioners (usually GPs) who are appointed by the Director-General, Queensland Health as General Practitioner Government Medical Officers (GP-GMOs) and by Forensic Nurse Examiners (FNEs) who are employed by Queensland Health. GP-GMOs are utilised by the Queensland Police Service and the Department of Justice and Attorney General on a fee for service casual basis.
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