A medical defence organisation has arranged an indemnity deal with the RCGP that will see newly qualified GPs have three-quarters of their college fees paid.
The MDDUS claims that GPs could save over £3,000 for each GP through the new deal.
The RCGP and the MDDUS say that rising indemnity costs have led to them agreeing this deal.
RCGP chair Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard said: ‘Rising indemnity costs are a concern for all GPs, and in our manifesto on the run up to the General Election in June, the College is calling for this to be addressed as a matter of urgency.
‘I’m delighted that our newly qualified members can opt to benefit immediately from this discount scheme.’
MDDUS director of development David Sturgeon said: ‘Joining both bodies through this scheme provides a new lower-cost route for a new GP to get all the benefits of belonging to two innovative and complementary professional bodies.’
Mr Sturgeon said that members would have ‘access to expert medico-legal advice from our team of highly skilled advisers and lawyers’ as part of the scheme.
Last year Pulse revealed that one in four out-of-hours GPs stopped doing shifts due to indemnity costs.
Indemnity providers stress that higher indemnity costs are linked to steep rises in legal claims against GPs.
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