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At its best, continuity of cover on a locum insurance policy means that, following a claim, the insurer won’t alter the underwriting terms of the policy. So Dr Bloggs can rest assured that, even though he’s off time and again with a bad back, his...
What’s this: Staff Costs …Rent, Service Charges … Rates & Water … Other Premises Expenses … Heat, Light and Power … Printing, Postage and Stationery … Telephone … Computer Expenses/ Software Maintenance...
Have you a dentist client who’s thinking of buying a practice – perhaps to get into business for themselves, or to expand? As an IFA you will often be their first port of call. Like us, you may have seen a new trend emerging from lenders asking for income insurance to...
We love to scour the social-mediasphere for titbits and came across this tweet from @Pickletray – a Twitterer with lots to say about GP issues. Will your locum insurance cover your weekends? Thought not. Another reason why GP partners will soon be extinct. #gpnewdeal...
A report by the Medical Protection Society (MPS) recently shed some dark light on mental health issued suffered by medical professionals. MPS surveyed 600 doctors in the UK and reported that an incredible 85% of doctors reported experiencing mental health issues at...
Back pain is one of the most common causes of long-term sickness in the workplace after stress. Is your practice doing what it can to protect practitioners and employees? Approximately 7.6 million workdays are lost every year in the UK because of work-related back...
Talking to GPs about locum insurance you come across all sorts of reasons why they don’t have cover, ranging from the cost to the ‘fact’ that ‘insurance doesn’t pay out’ to ‘I’m uninsurable’ to ‘we cover for each other’. ‘Insurance doesn’t pay out’ is probably the...
So your practice partners are already working beyond capacity. One of them drops out, but attracting a new GP proves difficult. Could a practice-wide locum policy be the key to attracting the right person? Finding the right GP for your practice has become harder than...
I’ve just heard about a dentist who won’t go on holiday because it ‘costs’ him around £3,000 a week in lost income. He sends his family off for a few weeks and just carries on working. Let’s save the ‘quality of life’ discussion for another day and look at the...
Our locum insurance is Health Insurance Magazine’s product of the week “We like a lot of what is included in this new product.” Andy Couchman – Health Insurance Magazine Health Insurance Magazine has just chosen Practice Cover locum insurance as their product of...
GP practices face financial melt-down As last week’s ‘Pulse’ reveals ‘GP partners in some areas are in such financial difficulty that they have been unable to pay themselves for several months’.GPC deputy chair, Dr Richard Vautrey, is quoted as saying:...
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