Medical Malpractice Insurance

Medical Indemnity Insurance, also known as Medical Malpractice Insurance or Medical Liability Insurance, helps to protect healthcare professionals against claims arising as a result of malpractice or negligence.

Medical Malpractice Insurance provides indemnity for professional negligence

Medical Malpractice Insurance should be considered if you are a private practitioner, GP, surgeon, consultant, clinic, or hospital, because if a claim arises, regardless of whether it is justified or not, you will need to cover the cost of legal defences.

Medical Malpractice Insurance is crucial, as claims can arise from a number of areas, including Negligence, Breach of Confidence and Misuse of Information.

In fact, in the UK, anyone who could potentially harm or injure another person while providing healthcare and exercising their professional duties is legally required to have adequate and appropriate insurance or indemnity arrangements in place.

Our specialist health brokers can advise and arrange appropriate Medical Malpractice Insurance for healthcare professionals, including those with BAAPS/BAPRAS registered plastic surgeons, GMC registered doctors, NMC registered nurses, GDC registered dentists, GDC registered dentists and dental hygienists, GPHC registered pharmacists.

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What does Medical Malpractice Insurance cover?

We arrange for Medical Malpractice Insurance for GPs, Surgeons, Consultants, Clinic and Hospitals to cover them for:

Breach of Confidence

Can cover claims arising from a breach of confidentiality in your business and causes harm to your patient.

Good Samaritan Acts

Cover is provided for treatment given on an unplanned first aid (or “Good Samaritan Act”) basis by clinically qualified staff who are not normally engaged in clinical practice.

Legal Costs

Cover for legal costs arising from claims made under the policy and/or disciplinary proceedings.

Libel or Slander

Can cover claims arising and legal costs incurred due to libel and slander, during your professional services.

Misuse of Information

Covers claims arising from a misuse of information (i.e. confidential information).

Negligence

Claims of negligence including misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment.

Privacy

Can cover claims arising from claims of invasion, and infringement on the right to privacy.

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Tailored insurance to the needs of your business

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Who needs Medical Malpractice Insurance?

Anyone at risk of causing unintentional physical or mental harm in the course of their health work needs the protection of Medical Malpractice Insurance.

That means people like:

Aestheticians
Beauticians and hairdressers
Complementary therapists
Dentists
Nurses and other medical practitioners
Paramedics and private ambulances
Personal trainers
Psychiatrists, counsellors, and mental health professionals

What type of claims does Medical Malpractice Insurance cover?

Medical Malpractice Insurance can cover claims where someone suffered physical or mental injury, or even death, as a result of your treatment of them.

Examples could include:

A doctor fails to refer a patient to a specialist consultant, leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment, increasing the patient’s suffering.
A hairdresser skips doing a patch test on a client before dying their hair, and they suffer a severe allergic reaction and burns to their scalp.
A dentist takes out the wrong tooth, necessitating further extraction work and treatment to correct the mistake.
A personal trainer fails to demonstrate an exercise adequately and pushes a client too hard, meaning they slip a disc.
An aesthetician administers dermal fillers wrongly, and a client is left with facial scarring.
A nurse fails to take proper patient observations or note changes in their condition on their record, with catastrophic results.

For some tailored insurance help, please contact the Jensten Motor Trade team today or call them on 0208 298 2100.

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