The benefits of membership
Defence to protect your professional reputation
- Advice and legal representation:
- for GMC procedures
- in relation to disciplinary matters
- at inquests / Fatal Accident Inquiries
- Support with criminal investigations and allegations arising from your clinical practice
- Assistance in responding to and resolving complaints
- Help with unwanted media attention
to protect you when you’re facing a clinical negligence claim
- The right to request indemnity for clinical negligence claims arising from your work in general practice
- Included for members practising in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
- Available to members practising England and Wales with appropriate Claims Protection
- Protection for Good Samaritan acts worldwide
- An expert, dedicated legal team for your case tailored to your requirements.
Support for your professional development
- Free communication skills and risk management workshops
- Free online learning modules
- Access to accredited CPD to develop your skills and help manage your risk.
Advice whenever you need it
- Free medicolegal advice line
- Emergency advice available 24/7
- Online case reports
- Medicolegal factsheets on common concerns
- Leading journal Casebook
- Monthly e-bulletin.
Become a member
Please complete and return the application and payment information forms below by email to [email protected] or post to:
Member Services, Medical Protection, Victoria House, 2 Victoria Place, Leeds LS11 5AE.
Working in the UK outside of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
If you work in more than one country e.g Scotland and England please complete and return the application and payment information forms below by email to [email protected] or post to:
Member Services, Medical Protection, Victoria House, 2 Victoria Place, Leeds LS11 5AE.
What you will need to complete your quote:
- The full address and postcode of the places you practise
- Your scope of practice
- Your GMC reference number
- Your date of primary qualification
- Your full registration date
- Your gross revenue from private work, including any fees, salary, benefits, profit, dividends and bonuses (before expenses)
- Details of previous indemnifiers, gaps in your professional protection, any previous complaints and claim and case history
A full case history, also known as letter of good standing, will be required to support your application if you have held indemnity or insurance with any other providers in the last ten years (periods of state indemnity are not required). Please send us your case history from previous indemnifiers within 42 days of your application being accepted. If we do not receive this within 42 days, or if the information doesn’t match your application form, it could lead to your membership being cancelled.
Referred applications
Sometimes we need to check the information you have provided in your application (for example if you have had a claim in the past). This will mean that, at the end of your online application, you will be told that it has been referred. It can take up to five days for this to be investigated, but your application will still be progressing in the meantime and we will aim to get back to you sooner than that wherever possible.