Making things happen for members

Dr Matthew Lee
ByDr Matthew Lee
Published21 April 2025
The end of NHS England means more big decisions will be made in Westminster, so we're making sure policymakers hear about the issues affecting healthcare.

A generation of exhausted and demoralised doctors is incompatible with safe patient care, as well as with the government's 10-year health plan for the NHS.

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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.

Making things happen for members