Medical Professional Liability Insurance
Created for practitioners working in and around operating theatres
Who Can Apply?
AfPP Professional Medical Liability Insurance is a Member Only Scheme.
The fee is in addition to your AfPP membership fee and you must maintain AfPP membership to remain covered.
As a condition of your professional registration, you must self-declare that you have an indemnity arrangement in place when you practice. Each practitioner is responsible for making sure they have the appropriate cover for their role and scope of practice. The cover in place should be relevant to the risks involved in your practice and be sufficient if a claim is successfully made against you.
If you have a contract of employment, it may be the case you are covered under your employers vicarious liability whilst carrying out work on their behalf. If you perform extended roles, you may also require additional indemnity cover before working.
If you work for an agency, either for NHS or in private hospitals, you should seek clarification and ensure that you have adequate indemnity cover in place. For the avoidance of any doubt, please check with your employer and registering body.
The AfPP Medical Liability Insurance policy has been created specifically for practitioners working in and around operating theatres providing perioperative services defined as pre-operative anaesthetic care, intra-operative care and post-operative care.
Why Do I Need Insurance?
As part of your registration with the HCPC or NMC, all registered practitioners and nurses are required to have appropriate insurance.
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Professional medical liability insurance protects you against allegations of malpractice. Your employer may provide cover for you, but it may not cover all circumstances. It’s important that you check the level of cover afforded by your employers’ scheme. With your own individual protection, you will benefit from your own representation if required.
Indemnity Limits and Premiums
1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
The overall annual aggregate limit of liability in respect of the members of the Association for Perioperative Practice (the insured) is limited to a maximum blanket limit of liability of £9,000,000.00 including costs and expenses.
Insurance prices include an Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) of 12% and a non-refundable AfPP administration fee of £32.05.
- £1 million cover = £136.21
- £3 million cover = £168.85
- £3 million+ cover = £303.37
New Applications and Payment
New applications can be made part way through the year and will be charged on a pro-rata basis. Payment is required in full by Credit/Debit card.
Please be aware that AfPP cannot give you any advice or recommendation as to whether the Professional Indemnity Insurance offered through our scheme master policy is the correct cover for you. We can only assist with the administration by liaising with underwriters on your behalf. It is for you to decide if the cover through our scheme meets your needs and circumstances by reading all the available documents below and then applying for cover by completing a renewal application online, where on completion and acceptance by underwriters cover with be confirmed to you.
The cover provided via AfPP for subscribing members has been sourced from a single product provider, underwritten by The Medical Professional Liability Company Limited (“The MPLC”). It offers comprehensive Medical Professional Liability Insurance cover and is an insurance contract backed by Lloyd’s of London. The MPLC is an underwriting intermediary licensed in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission, under licence number FSC00659B. The MPLC’s insurances underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s. The Master Policy cover runs yearly from the 1 April to 31 March.
The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP) is a registered charity number 118444 and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England number 6035633. The AfPP Limited is its wholly owned subsidiary company, registered in England number 3102102.
The Association for Perioperative Practice & AfPP Ltd is a client of Marsh Commercial.
Marsh Commercial is a trading name of Marsh Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Registered in England and Wales with number 1507274. Registered Office: 1 Tower Place West, London EC3R 5BU.
If you have any queries, please contact the Membership Team on 01423 881 300 or email membership@afpp.org.uk
