Protecting Your Practice
- Specialist locum & surgery insurance designed for medical professionals
- Tailored protection – pay only for what you need
- Internal claims handling, ensuring fast response times

GP
Insurance
Running a GP practice comes with challenges unlike any other. Rising patient demand and limited resources can leave little time to think about insurance, that’s where we step in.
Dentist
Insurance
We understand that every dental practice is unique. Whether you’re running a private practice or working within the NHS with a UDA commitment, your insurance requirements will differ.
Vet
Insurance
Running a veterinary practice brings unique challenges, with the responsibility of caring for animals and their owners. We know insurance isn’t always top of your to-do list, that’s where we step in.
Practice Cover Policies
We specialise in providing tailored surgery insurance for GPs, dentists, vets, and other healthcare professionals. Our policies are designed to protect every aspect of your practice including buildings, medical equipment, income, and legal liabilities against unexpected risks. Access extensive surgery insurance online.
Insurance for Your Surgery
Employers’ Liability
Up to £10 million with no excess
Public & Products Liability
Up to £10 million with no excess
Stock Protection
Including refrigerated drugs and vaccines
Practice Cover Locum Insurance is designed to cover costs that will be incurred if a practitioner is unexpectedly unable to work. If you’re taking out cover for your practice, we’ll ask you how much money you would need on a weekly basis for each of the colleagues and members of staff you’d like to insure.
Locum Insurance Cover
No Need to Hire a Locum
Or provide receipts to make a sickness claim
Continuity of Cover
We tell you what we will do!
Benefit Period
Choose any period up to 52 weeks
Practice Cover Reviews
Specialists in Practice Cover
Practice Cover is the UK’s specialist insurance provider dedicated to meeting the unique needs of medical and business professionals. Headquartered in Southampton and authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, we proudly deliver bespoke Locum Insurance, Surgery Insurance, and income absence protection to GPs, dentists, vets, opticians, allied health professionals, solicitors, and architects.
Practice Cover News
Practice Cover acquires locum insurance business from Howden’s
Practice Cover, locum and overheads insurance specialists to the UK medical market, is delighted to announce that it has acquired Howden Insurance Brokers’ locum insurance business. Full Locum Insurance Acquisition Details Here
Locum costs on the increase
A recent article in Pulse contained some worrying statistics on GP numbers which will undoubtedly lead to upward pressure on locum costs. The responses that such articles generate can be also be depressing. Comments such as ‘Young GPs should not sign up to…
Warning: Big brand locum insurance can mean big ticket prices
This morning we saw a GP practice which has locum insurance with another, well-known brand provider. Their premium is £19,000 pa. We quoted for our top policy giving the practice the same peace of mind as they have currently and we saved them over £10,500 a year.
Balancing act: match your cover to the price you want to pay
Let’s look at a 6 partner practice where, until now, they have not bothered with locum insurance as they simply cover for each other. Then consider the partner I saw the other day who was exhausted after yet another 15 hour day, covering for a colleague who was off…
Prudent use of resources
With GP practice funding falling, locum cover makes more sense than ever… So – you’re a GP and you’re overpaid. Right? That’s what the general public believes: that GPs are better off than ever. However we know that NHS funding for GP practices is falling,…
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
I’m starting this blog with a bit of history. In the 19th century there was a practice in American bars of offering a “free lunch” in order to entice drinking customers. The customer would need to buy just one drink to get a free lunch. It was a tempting…
IFAs
Talk to us about offering Practice Cover financial protection packages to your healthcare clients.
For more information, please call 020 3982 0420 or email enquiries@practicecover.co.uk.