The recommendation for mandatory indemnity for healthcare professionals is not before time, said the Medical Defence Union (MDU), but it is disappointed that the recommendations do not go far enough. Responding to the publication today of an independent review of the requirement to have insurance or indemnity as a condition of registration as a healthcare professional,1 Dr Christine Tomkins, MDU chief executive said: "Patients should be properly compensated if a doctor or dentist makes a negligent mistake... 
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