Supporting MEDICAL STUDENTS 

If you’re going on elective, either in the UK or abroad, it’s important to arrange your indemnity. As a student member based in the UK, you can register for FREE worldwide elective indemnity which will provide you with a range of benefits for the duration of your placement, including access to assistance with:

• university fitness to practise (FTP)
• medico-legal issues
• Good Samaritan acts.

To apply for elective indemnity, please download and fill in the application form below. Or, simply contact our team with details of when and where your elective is taking place. (Please note indemnity is not available for elective work in Australia.)

MDDUS electives application form

Contact us

 

Close

MDDUS membership provides unlimited indemnity. Unlike conventional insurance products, we don't have exclusions that can result in claims being declined or excess payments required. Close

Close

Close

One of the most valuable benefits of a mutual organisation is that the MDDUS doesn't have shareholders and does not pay dividends to its members.  That means all the income generated by subscriptions is invested back into the organisation and member services, and in the maintenance of a healthy reserve to cover legal costs and claims.  This, coupled with our sound financial acumen, means that we maintain very competitive subscription rates and have built a financially strong organisation

Close

Close

MDDUS has been providing support and indemnity to medical and dental professionals for over 115 years. We pride ourselves on offering a quality, personalised service provided by our team of medico- and dento-legal advisers who are recognised as some of the leading UK experts in their field. Our members can enjoy the security and peace of mind which comes with receiving this high level of service at a competitive price. Our expertise has been invaluable in supporting our members when they need us.

Over the past 10 years, MDDUS has successfully defended more than 75 per cent of claims notified and, in the rare event of a case progressing to trial, the majority of our members are successfully defended. In 2011 more than 96 per cent of GMC complaints were resolved without the need to progress to a fitness to practise hearing.

We are proud to say that, in an independent survey carried out by market research firm GfK, MDDUS ranked highest of all UK mutual medical defence organisations for member satisfaction (online poll of 695 defence organisation members conduced by GfK, NOP May 2012; rating of satisfaction with overall services/resources provided).

MDDUS also enjoys a superior rating from Dun & Bradstreet, the leading global business information provider, which further underlines the financial strength of our organisation

Close

MDDUS members are indemnified to work anywhere in the UK but not Gibraltar or the Falkland Islands. Should they wish to work in Guernsey then they should call our Membership Services team on 0333 043 0000 to discuss. Although we do not normally operate membership outside the UK, we do indemnify members for Good Samaritan acts anywhere in the world, which are not covered by any other indemnity or insurance arrangements.

 

Close