Most patients do not. Few get much money and the adversarial system prolongs the symptoms of many. Doctors certainly do not. The one certainty about a lawsuit is that lawyers make money. Law reform comes from the combined will of lawyers and politicians.
More politicians start as lawyers than any other occupation.
Hugh Martin, Glebe, November 30. As a former State MP who campaigned for a royal commission into the Chelmsford tragedy and as a lay representative on the NSW Medical Board, I could not agree more. There is now an urgent need for public debate on this issue and for the medical community to address this crisis before it leads to lack of confidence in their profession. Pat Rogan, Alfords Point, November 30. The NSW Law Reform Commission is now holding yet another inquiry into the efficiency of the complaints system against lawyers.