ABSTRACT
The last decade has seen an increase in potential litigation against general practitioners, although the incidence of successful claims is not increasing at anything like the rate of initial approaches indicating that an action is contemplated. It is now the case that all general practitioners will from time to time receive correspon dence from solicitors about a potential clinical negligence action, and the concept of risk management, already taken up by health authorities to reduce potential claims against them, can usefully be applied in general practice.
