It is a legal and professional requirement that you ensure you have adequate and appropriate insurance or indemnity arrangements in place covering the full scope of your medical practice in the UK. The cover you need is dependent on your circumstances and must be in place by the time you begin to practise.
For the work you are contracted to carry out for this Trust, you will be indemnified through the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) which is administered by NHS Resolution.
You should also consider whether you need to take out additional professional insurance or indemnity for work that is not covered by NHS indemnity and to access personal regulatory and medico-legal support and advice. Medical Defence Organisations offer indemnity for clinical negligence claims, and advice for members including support and representation with disciplinary and regulatory investigations, coroner’s inquests, and criminal investigations into members’ professional practice. They also offer medico-legal advice, usually including an out-of-hours emergency helpline 24 hours a day.