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<p>The Department and NHS England recognise that increasing medical indemnity costs
are a significant issue for general practitioners (GPs), including for particular
groups of the workforce, such as those GPs who may work part time.</p><p> </p><p>The
Department and NHS England will bring forward proposals for reviewing indemnity arrangements
in primary care in the summer for discussion with the profession, medical defence
organisations, the commercial industry and the NHS Litigation Authority.</p><p> </p><p>To
address rising indemnity costs, NHS England has already negotiated changes to the
products offered by Medical Defence Organisations to bring down costs of indemnity
for extended access and from December 2015 to March 2016 ran a winter indemnity scheme
to offset the additional indemnity premium for GPs who wish to work additional sessions
for their out-of-hours providers.</p>
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