MPS Review

MPS has recently passed two significant milestones – there are now over 250,000 members around the world, with 11,000 medical members in Ireland, and the organisation has more than £1 billion (€1.26 bn) in reserves to meet the cost of adverse incidents. With these in mind, we feel that this is an appropriate opportunity to tell you more about MPS – how we use your money and all the services available to support you.

At the heart of MPS is our 24 hour telephone advisory service, for both general enquiries and “out-of-hours” emergency help. It is staffed by a large team of specialist medicolegal advisers (MLAs), including medicolegal consultants (MLCs) based in Ireland, to help service the specific needs of members in Ireland. These specialist advisers are on hand to offer expert advice and guidance on any problems arising from your professional practice. They are experienced doctors with backgrounds in a range of specialties, and have legal training and qualifications.

Supporting them are a team of in-house lawyers who work with a panel of specialist legal firms to provide members with the best possible service when faced with clinical negligence claims. Our panel firms also deal with Medical Council inquiries, disciplinary procedures and inquests. MPS is proud to be the leading provider of professional indemnity to doctors and health professionals in Ireland; we have local knowledge backed up by worldwide experience in more than 40 countries.

While our comprehensive indemnity is very much about giving you peace of mind when something goes wrong, MPS has much more to offer in promoting best practice. As a mutual, our ethos is to share our experience and expertise to prevent things going wrong in the first place. MPS is here to be a trusted partner throughout your career, supporting you in being the best you can be for your patients. As a values led organisation, our focus is on offering a high quality service, security, peace of mind, fairness, and being at the heart of the profession. You can find out more about these values, the breadth of service we offer, and what this means for you as a member, in the following pages.

Tony Mason, Chief Executive