Time to seize the day

Dr Matthew Lee
The 10 Year Health Plan is meant to save the NHS for future generations. But the government must settle the issue of litigation reform before it's too late.

Overall provision for clinical negligence liabilities stood at £60.3 billion on 31 March 2025, up from £58,4 billion at the same point in 2024.

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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.