Last week, the High Court handed down the judgement of the case of Dr Bawa-Garba vs the GMC. The judgement concluded that Dr Bawa-Garba should be erased from the medical register.

The Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act has now come into force, making it a statutory requirement that all registered medical practitioners have adequate indemnity in place.

Hilary Steele, Medical Protection claims lead for Ireland, describes how we have influenced change in the legal system that could benefit you.

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We understand that the current indemnity situation for GPs can be confusing and uncertain following the Government’s recent announcement that it is to develop a state-backed indemnity scheme for GPs in England.

With the General Election now past, the Government needs to act swiftly and decisively to protect GPs from its decision to reduce the personal injury discount rate - a decision which has substantially pushed up the cost of settling large clinical negligence claims.

We hosted a medicolegal conference on 24 June at the Shangri-La Kowloon which was attended by 400+ delegates, who came together to focus on the future of practice in Hong Kong.

With the General Election now past, the Government needs to act swiftly and decisively to protect GPs from its decision to reduce the personal injury discount rate - a decision which has substantially pushed up the cost of settling large clinical negligence claims.