2024, issue 29

A stop-start approach to litigation reform serves no-one

Dr Matthew Lee
ByDr Matthew Lee
Published04 April 2024
Progress to reform our flawed litigation system has stalled, but the clock is ticking - and it's getting louder as costs start to rise again.

Action is desperately needed to tackle the unsustainable cost of clinical negligence and ensure there is more money in the system to provide safe and effective frontline care.

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Dr Matthew Lee
Chief executive, the Medical Defence Union

BM, MBA, FRCP, MRCPCH, FFFLM Matthew has been chief executive of the MDU since September 2021. He has worked at the MDU since 2000, initially as a medico-legal adviser assisting members facing complaints, disciplinary procedures and criminal investigations before becoming professional services director (with responsibility for claims handling, underwriting, legal services and the medical and dental advisory services) in 2009. He joined the MDU from a background of working as a clinical fellow in paediatric intensive care in Southampton, having trained in both anaesthetics and paediatric medicine.

A stop-start approach to litigation reform serves no-one