Tag: Dentist Locum Insurance

As a result of new restrictions and changing societal behaviour, medical practices around the world have been forced to adapt to changing conditions, such as a greater demand for digital health-related services.

As a dental practice navigating the waters during such a unique time, it’s important to stay informed about what’s happening and find creative ways to keep your operations running – providing the necessary care needed by your patients and ensuring you are financially stable.

Malpractice issues are more commonly associated with dentists than dental hygienists, but it’s still crucial for all professionals who engage in patient care to be aware of their liabilities when it comes to malpractice. 

Malpractice is the failure to exercise an ordinary degree of professional skill, which results in injury, loss, or damage. And while dental hygienists are less exposed to this scope, there is still a standard level of care expected from them, and a deviation of this can indeed be considered as malpractice, in the eyes of your patients as well as the law. 

Locum insurance is optional. However, the consequences of not having effective insurance in place to cover the cost of hiring a locum when needed are so serious that arguably all dental practices should have some form of locum cover. 

Without a contingency plan to handle the absence of your staff, you may not be able to continue offering the level of care required by your patients and your business could suffer if too much strain is put on other members of staff.