Select glossary terms alphabetically below.
Medical Protection Society (MPS)
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) is a medical defence organisation: www.medicalprotection.org
Medical Defence Union (MDU)
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is a medical defence organisation: www.themdu.com
Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS)
The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) is a medical defence organisation: www.mddus.com
Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme (LTPS)
The Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme indemnifies the NHS for employers’ liability, public liability and professional indemnity claims made against the NHS
NHS Legal costs
Amounts paid out by NHS Resolution in legal costs for claims resolved: including NHS legal and claimant costs, this can include expert and counsel’s fees as well as court costs.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO)
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act. Legal reforms that came into force on 1 April 2013. The reforms changed, among other matters, the amount
that claimant solicitors could recover from the defendant under conditional fee agreements and limit after-the-event insurance.
Incurred but not reported (IBNR)
Incurred but not reported claims: claims that may be brought in the future
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch now known as The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)
