Catherine Rutland joins MPS Council

Medical Protection Society (MPS) – the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals – has announced the appointment of Catherine Rutland to its Council.

Catherine qualified in dentistry from Leeds in 1992. After spending two and half years in hospital roles, Catherine moved into general dental practice, first as an associate and then as a joint principle of a practice for almost twenty years. She has worked in roles at Denplan and Simplyhealth.

She is currently the Director of Policy and Clinical Affairs for the Association of Dental Groups as well as the Head of Policy at Dentaid The Dental Charity. She also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Dentists’ Health Support Trust, where she has supported the charity’s important work in supporting dentists facing mental health and addiction challenges.

She has a Masters in Medical Ethics and Law from King’s College London.

Catherine commented: “MPS plays such an important role in protecting its members around the world. It is exciting to join the Council and I look forward to using my experience and insights to help keep members at the heart of everything the organisation does.”

Graham Stokes, Chair of MPS Council commented: “I am delighted to welcome Catherine to the Council. Her governance experience as well as her prolific stakeholder engagement and policy work across dentistry and the wider healthcare landscape will greatly benefit our members.”

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About MPS

The Medical Protection Society Limited (“MPS”) is the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of more than 300,000 members around the world. Membership provides access to expert advice and support and can also provide, depending on the type of membership required, the right to request indemnity for any complaints or claims arising from professional practice.

Our in-house experts assist with the wide range of legal and ethical problems that arise from professional practice. This can include clinical negligence claims, complaints, medical and dental council inquiries, legal and ethical dilemmas, disciplinary procedures, inquests and fatal accident inquiries.

Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We do this by promoting risk management through our E-learning, clinical risk assessments, publications, conferences, lectures and presentations.

MPS is not an insurance company. All the benefits of membership of MPS are discretionary as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.