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• Property maintenance - could your property cause an injury?

  Guild Insurance sees many insurance claims which have come about due to poor maintenance of a property.  In too many of these cases, the poor state of the building or its grounds is obvious and it’s quite surprising, as well as disappointing, that repairs haven’t been carried out before an incident has occurred. What can go wrong? There are a range of incidents which can occur due to poor maintenance of a property.  Staff can ...
• Understanding social media risks

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  Social media is an ever increasing form of communication for many people in both their personal and professional lives. It presents people with many benefits in allowing them to communicate a variety of messages to many people with great speed and efficiency. However, those benefits need to be balanced with the many risks social media presents. Social media is a very broad term which includes any websites and applications which allow users to interact with ...

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• Informed consent

  All health practitioners would be well aware of their requirements to obtain informed consent from their patients before assessment or treatment takes place.  However, Guild Insurance’s vast experience in managing claims made against health practitioners has highlighted that many practitioners don’t meet all their informed consent requirements. What is informed consent? There is an explanation about informed consent in the Code of Conduct for each of the professions regulated by AHPRA.  In this document, informed ...
• Why has my chiropractor touched me there?

  Guild Insurance has seen a gradual increase in the number of allegations against chiropractors where the patient claims the chiropractor has touched them in an inappropriate sexual way during treatment.  These claims may involve allegations regarding the way the chiropractor has touched them, or they may relate to what the chiropractor has said during the consultation. These are incredibly serious allegations that cause a great deal of stress for both the chiropractor and the patient....