We understand that practice principals and practice owners face more challenges than ever before. That’s why our membership benefits can include protection against vicarious liability and non-delegable duty of care claims relating to the provision of dental services*. We can also provide an additional membership for your limited company with our Company Protection product.
Here, you’ll find everything you need to know on the different types of protection available, and which is right for you – and your business.
Vicarious liability and non-delegable duty of care
Your benefits
Practice principal members who have only ever owned five or fewer non-incorporated practices have protection against vicarious liability (VL) and/or non-delegable duty of care (NDDC) claims included in their membership. This additional benefit was provided at no additional cost and applied to claims arising from both past and future membership, for practice principals in membership on/after 1 June 2021.
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Protection for incorporated companies
If your business is incorporated, you can choose to apply for Company Protection; allowing you to request our assistance should a complaint or legal challenge be brought against your company. Company Protection offers peace of mind for companies, providing the unrivalled defence, advice and support you can rely on from Dental Protection. This product is provided on a claims-made basis, which allows assistance to be requested for claims or complaints that arise from an incident that occurs during the company’s current membership with Dental Protection.
Vicarious liability claim – non-incorporated practice
One day, everything changed in a heartbeat. I received a Letter of Claim from solicitors, and it completely took me by surprise.
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Vicarious liability claim – Non-Delegable Duty of Care
We never imagined a scenario where our practice could be pulled into a clinical negligence claim – especially one that didn’t directly involve either of us as the treating dentists.
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The emotional and legal journey of a vicarious liability case
Dr Raj Rattan, a member and Dental Director of Dental Protection, was sued by a patient who had received NHS treatment carried out by associates at his former practice.
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Vicarious liability claim – no indemnity
One day, we received a Letter of Claim that took us by surprise. It concerned a previous long-standing patient of the practice who had never expressed any dissatisfaction with the treatment they had received.
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*Included as standard for practice principal members with five or fewer non-incorporated practices. "Dental services" relates to the practice of dentistry and procedures that fall within the GDC scope of practice for each registrant group. Any other procedures would need to be individually approved.