When you choose Medical Protection membership, you are choosing a defence organisation that puts you first.
As a member-owned, not-for-profit organisation, we exist purely to support your professional interests and protect your finances, career and reputation from legal claims and complaints.

We’ve protected members in Ireland for more than 100 years. We have extensive experience of dealing with clinical negligence claims, the healthcare landscape and common medicolegal issues in Ireland.

Protection, not profit

Priced for your protection and never for our profit, members are at the heart of everything we do. We don’t have shareholders to pay, so every decision we make is to benefit our membership.

As part of our commitment to you, we are continuing to invest for the long term by opening a new office in Dublin and increasing our number of dedicated medicolegal experts on hand to help you when you need it. This means we can continue to build on and enhance the expert advice you expect. With our occurrence-based support, we provide a comprehensive range of membership benefits that support and protect you today, tomorrow and even into retirement, without the need for any additional subscriptions or costs.

You can request expert advice from our team of experienced, local advisers who understand the challenges you face.

Above all else, Medical Protection membership leaves you free to practise with confidence knowing that you have chosen an indemnity provider that delivers the very best support, expert advice and robust defence.

Local, expert advice that understands you

We have supported healthcare professionals in Ireland for many years and will continue to do so long into the future.

As part of this commitment, we are investing heavily in building our foundations in Ireland. This investment includes the introduction of a new office in Dublin and a continually growing team on the ground as we expand our local knowledge in Ireland.

We’re committed to getting as close to members as possible, providing a tailored service that supports you in dealing with issues of local relevance and urgency. With medicolegal services now available in Ireland, our long-term commitment to members in Ireland is clearer than ever before.

Our claims advisers regularly connect with members across the country, liaise with experts to provide medicolegal reports and work closely with legal teams, including leading clinical negligence barristers, plaintiff and defence firms.

Our team frequently present at and attend seminars and conferences across the country to keep constantly abreast of developments in the Irish healthcare system. These will be hosted virtually for the foreseeable future.

Meet the team

Discretionary support that thinks on its feet

Our discretionary approach to providing assistance is not about being able to say no. It’s about having the flexibility to ask, ‘How can we help?’

Discretion allows us to treat each case on its individual merit, providing flexibility for a wider range of situations, especially those with unforeseen or unusual circumstances.

Unlike some other organisations, discretion allows us to assess claims and complaints when new issues and risks arise in healthcare and consider where we can support you. Our response for members in the COVID-19 crisis is a clear demonstration of that flexibility.

Our experienced medicolegal consultants and specialist solicitors can use their judgement and expertise to help you, without being restricted by small print, caps or exclusion clauses.

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