Change in the health service can't ignore plight of doctors

Dr Matthew Lee
ByDr Matthew Lee
Published30 October 2023
Securing the long-term future of the NHS involves embracing new ways of working - but we also need to think carefully about the burden on doctors.
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It would be ironic if measures intended to support overworked doctors end up imposing new strains and obligations on the profession.

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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.

Change in the health service can't ignore plight of doctors