Critical issues

Critical issues 1

Claims inflation is rising 8% a year.

£3,600 per tax payer

Future claims liabilities

Future claims liabilities

NHS treatment compensation

NHS treatment compensation

The percentage amount of survey respondents who thought the NHS' multi-billion liabilities were higher than expected.


Other countries, including the USA and Australia, have experienced similar uncontrollable rises. In some US states, doctors stopped practising because they could not afford indemnity cover.

These countries addressed the problem with law reform, which is the solution the Medical Defence Union proposes for England.