Health and Justice policy must focus on cutting claims costs

Dr Christine Tomkins MDU chief executive
Despite relieving GPs and others in primary care of the burden of indemnity cost, state-backed indemnity does nothing to address the cause of those spiralling costs.

Tort reform is the only solution, and has been proven to work in other countries across the world.

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Dr Christine Tomkins
Chief executive of the MDU

BSc(Hons) MBChB(Hons) DO FRCS FRCOphth MBA FFFLM FRCP