The benefits
The MDU's market leading Corporate Indemnity Solution provides a company protection through its corporate insurance policy that is integrated with indemnity cover held by individual clinicians.
The MDU's Corporate Indemnity Solution includes:.
Insured benefit
- Professional negligence cover* up to £10m per claim, £25m per annum on a claims made basis
- Indemnity and defence costs for the company for claims brought against it for providing professional services
- Vicarious clinical liability cover for named insured persons
- Support with investigative matters and associated costs
- Cover includes Good Samaritan Acts for named insured persons
NEW BENEFIT
Free employment advice support for MDU Corporate members
Whether your business is new or has been trading for many years, at some stage you are likely to have a problem at work with an employee or an ex-employee. For example:
- Your probationary practice nurse keeps turning up late for work.
- You are told that someone you recently employed has a criminal conviction.
- Your healthcare assistant wants to reduce their hours due to family commitments.
The Peninsula employment advice service consists of:
- a help desk available to you 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, providing you with immediate guidance in resolving all kinds of employment law issues and problems;
- dedicated consultants with in-depth experience in employment legislation, contractual requirements and case law precedents;
- advice line access via telephone or email;
- assistance in drafting any follow up letters;
- telephone coaching in managing difficult or complex employee relations issues;
- free access (upon request) to The Bottom Line online magazine which provides advice on health and safety, personnel and employment law issues. Register to receive The Bottom Line by emailing joanne.tandy@peninsula-uk.com
To take advantage of this new benefit call the free Peninsula employment advice line, on 0844 892 2772 and quote your Peninsula access code and your MDU Corporate membership number.
FREE BENEFITS for practice managers and practice nurses
Practice managers and practice nurses employed by the company can apply to become individual members of the MDU at no cost. Their free membership, which applies only while they remain employed by the company and while the company retains corporate membership of the MDU, includes the following benefits:
- Access to the MDU's 24 hour medico-legal helpline
- Access to seek assistance with preparing a case and representation at a Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing relating to matters of clinical practice and personal conduct
- Access to seek support in preparing a response to patient's complaints
- Access to seek support with criminal investigations and proceedings arising from clinical practice
- Access to seek advice and representation in dealing with media queries
Free individual MDU membership for practice nurses and practice managers does not include an individual professional indemnity insurance policy, or except as listed above, access to the MDU's traditional discretionary indemnity.
FURTHER BENEFITS for GPs and other medical professionals
Practice managers and practice nurses are eligible to apply for free individual discretionary MDU membership which entitles them to:
- Free training seminars from the MDU team of liaison managers
- Access to the largest in house advisory team via the 24-hour freephone advisory helpline
- Access to seek advice and representation in dealing with media queries
- Web based case histories and the latest medico-legal articles
- MDU authoritative publications on matters such as confidentiality and consent
- Risk management advice in relation to the company
- Download our Product Guide which contains more information about the MDU's Corporate Indemnity Solution.
* subject only to the terms and conditions of the policy underwritten by SCOR UK Company Limited and by International Insurance Company of Hannover Limited
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