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<p>The Department is aware of pressures for doctors regarding the potential impact
of the increasing cost of medical indemnity.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs)
are the National Health Service doctors who are most directly affected by the rising
cost of medical indemnity. Doctors working in hospitals are not directly exposed to
rising costs as their employers purchase indemnity to cover their activities. The
Department has been in frequent dialogue with GP representative bodies on the subject
of rising cost of indemnity, and this has been a subject of interest for some time.
The Department has a series of regular scheduled meetings with GP representatives,
and indemnity is frequently discussed at these meetings. In addition, it is not uncommon
for discussions to take place outside of these scheduled meetings where either party
has a reason to have a more specific conversation about indemnity costs.</p><p> </p><p>Indemnity
for clinical negligence claims brought against NHS employed GPs, doctors and all NHS
staff in England is provided by the employer organisation. All NHS providers of care
are members of NHS Resolution’s Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts and claims for
compensation will ordinarily be brought against the NHS care provider organisation.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The Government has publically committed to ensuring that NHS Resolution
has appropriate funding to cover changes to hospitals’ clinical negligence costs.</p>
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