Are you sure your professional indemnity insurance is current?
While making your way through emails one evening, you come across one from Ahpra (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). It informs you that they’ve received a notification about you from one of your patients, alleging your treatment has caused harm. You’re shocked and confused; this has never happened to you before. You immediately notify Guild Insurance, knowing they’re there to support you during moments like this. However, the situation becomes more concerning when Guild informs ...
Considerations for internal treatment
Those familiar with the broad range of osteopathy treatment
will understand that internal treatments (anal and vaginal) may
be recognised aspects of osteopathy, when clinically indicated.
However, this isn’t necessarily well known to the general
population who make up your patients.
Unfortunately, Guild Insurance has seen claims regarding internal
treatment; these claims often feature allegations of treatment
being inappropriate or unnecessary as well as allegations the
patient has been sexually assaulted. These claims can have ...
clinical-records
Clinical Records Checklist
Maintaining appropriate and detailed clinical records is a core requirement for all health professionals. Unfortunately, when managing claims against health professionals, Guild Insurance sees too many cases where the records haven’t been kept to the standard expected. It’s the responsibility of all health professionals to make themselves familiar with their regulator’s codes and guidelines regarding record keeping as well as other areas of professional behaviour and conduct. Responding to the statements on this checklist will ...