Some Things To Consider When Insuring A Medical Practice

1. Some Things To Consider When Insuring A Medical Practice When you run any type of surgery, whether it is a doctor’s surgery, dental surgery, or veterinary, there are certain types of insurance that you must have in place and others that are not a legal requirement but that you should certainly consider. To begin with, if you employ people, which you almost certainly do unless you are a sole practitioner, then you will need employer’s liability insurance. This will cover you if any of your employees should be injured during the course of undertaking any activity that they are required to do as an employee. Of course, as a business that is dealing with the public, you will need to carry public liability insurance, and the standard level for this is £5 million. However, more and more local authorities and CCGs are now requiring a minimum of £10 million, so you need to check what is required for your specific situation. If you rent your surgery then your landlord will insure the building, but if you are buying it with a mortgage, then your mortgage lender will no doubt require you to have a certain level of cover. If you suffer from a complete loss, you need to have enough insurance to cover a total rebuild and reinstatement. When it comes to content insurance, there are a lot of things to take into consideration in a GP surgery or dental or veterinary surgery. This is something that also needs to be reviewed from time to time because prices go up. If you took out contents’ insurance five years ago, you need to update it because the cover that you paid for at the time may now not be sufficient to replace the contents simply because of inflation. The items that you need to cover are goods, personal property, and other items that are within the surgery such as the carpets or window blinds, and this can all add up to quite a lot of money.

2. In surgery, there are items such as vaccines and drugs, and they may be ones that you use regularly or could be seasonal ones such as flu vaccines. You may also be holding a considerable stock of Covid-19 vaccines at present. Even if you don’t suffer a total loss, you may hold stocks of drugs that have a shelf life and will deteriorate. You should cover things such as precious metals, personal possessions of employees and patients as well as your own, and the ever-present possibility of assault by patients. READ MORE Approachable Finance LTD 24 Main Street, Cross hills Keighley West Yorkshire UK BD20 8TF info@locuminsurance.co.uk 0345 3503655 http://www.locuminsurance.co.uk/