The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015

Insurance

83.—(1) The contractor must at all times have in force in relation to it an indemnity arrangement which provides appropriate cover.

(2) The contractor may not sub-contract its obligations to provide clinical services under the agreement unless it is satisfied that the sub-contractor has in force in relation to it an indemnity arrangement which provides appropriate cover.

(3) In this regulation—

(a) “appropriate cover” means cover against liabilities that may be incurred by the contractor in the performance of clinical services under the agreement, which is appropriate, having regard to the nature and extent of the risks in the performance of such services;

(b) “indemnity arrangement” means a contract of insurance or other arrangement made for the purpose of indemnifying the contractor; and

(c) a contractor is to be regarded as holding insurance if it is held by a person employed or engaged by the contractor in connection with clinical services which that person provides under the agreement or, as the case may be, sub-contract.