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<p><strong></strong>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health said in
a Written Ministerial Statement on 12 October 2017, <em>Official Report</em>, column
28WS, the Department is planning, subject to examination of relevant issues, the development
of a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England.</p><p> </p><p>Any
new scheme should meet the needs of current and future general practitioners (GPs),
be in the interest of patients, and represent value for money for taxpayers. Transfer
of historic liabilities from Medical Defence Organisations (MDOs) to a new scheme
would be dependent on satisfactory negotiation with the MDOs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
will set up a stakeholder group and arrange a first roundtable next month with the
Royal College of General Practitioners, the British Medical Association and other
GP representatives to gather views from general practice and agree how best to engage
with the sector going forward.</p>
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