Healthcare indemnity regulation
Serious shortcomings identified in the regulation of indemnity products for healthcare professionals, leading to patient disadvantage.
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2 inquiries
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Healthcare indemnity regulation has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
4 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (4)
10 — Indemnity regulation reform
Recommendation: We recommend that the Government should, as a matter of urgency, reform the current regulation of indemnity products for healthcare professionals in light of the serious shortcomings identified by this Inquiry and introduce a nationwide safety net to ensure patients …
Gov response: Accepted in principle. Medical defence organisations launched a voluntary Code of Practice for discretionary indemnity on 6 January 2025. DHSC commissioned an independent evaluation of the Code. Government continues to consider further policy options to …
Accepted in Part
No update 2+ yrs
13 — Independent sector provider responsibility
Recommendation: We recommend that the government addresses, as a matter of urgency, this gap in responsibility and liability.
Gov response: Accepted in principle. Government acknowledges gap in legal responsibility when consultants work under practising privileges. CQC strengthened requirements for independent providers to have robust governance over consultants. Consideration being given to whether legislative change needed. …
Accepted in Part
BRIS-100 — Mandate ethics committee approval for all new untried invasive clinical procedures
Recommendation: Before any new and hitherto untried invasive clinical procedure can be undertaken for the first time, the clinician involved should have to satisfy the relevant local research ethics committee that the procedure is justified and it is in the patient’s …
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15 — Independent sector NHS contract qualification
Recommendation: We recommend that if the government accepts any of the recommendations set out above, it should make arrangements to ensure that these are to be applicable across the whole of the independent sector's workload, where relevant, and not only to …
Gov response: Not accepted but kept under review. Government concerned about proportionality and unintended consequences. NHS Standard Contract already requires providers to meet certain standards. CQC registration applies to all providers regardless of funding source. Government monitoring …
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