NPA Insurance enhances locum pharmacist professional indemnity policy

Under the updated policy, locum pharmacists will no longer pay charges for vaccine administration

NPA Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), has updated its professional indemnity policy for locum pharmacists to better support their expanding roles in healthcare.

The enhanced policy now includes private and NHS prescribing cover for weight loss and other areas of competence, which is available for locums working in pharmacy, general practice and hospital settings.

Policyholders will benefit from an extended range of cover, which includes, as standard, the delivery of the NHS Pharmacy First service, the expanded pharmacy contraception service, and the re-launched hypertension case-finding service.

Moreover, NPA Insurance has removed charges for vaccine administration, including COVID-19, flu, and travel.

Locum pharmacists will also have access to NPA Insurance’s award-winning claims team as part of the new policy.

For those involved in specialised treatments, locum pharmacists can purchase additional cover for both NHS and private independent prescribing. This includes cover for procedures like Botox administration, non-permanent dermal fillers, and cryotherapy.

The insurance company also offers bespoke policies tailored to specialist needs, and designated prescribing practitioner cover, enabling training of newly qualified independent prescribers.

Lisa Banks, MD of NPA Pharmacy Insurance, commented on the policy enhancement: “Our unrivalled knowledge and legal perspective to protection provides our policyholders with a genuinely holistic approach to risk and claims management.”

She pointed out that, unlike other pharmacy indemnity providers, NPA Insurance acts as the underwriter and makes “decisions on cover which are not restrained by bureaucratic processes, or changes in risk appetite.”

“We can flex our agility to provide bespoke insurance solutions for each individual case, and our qualified lawyers have the autonomy to make quick and informed decisions,” she added.

In addition to the enhanced indemnity cover, locum policyholders can access a range of NPA’s online resources at a discounted price.

There’s more: policyholders can become an NPA Associated Pharmacist and gain access to training, an advice and support line for clinical queries, drug tariff and medicine safety guidance, and SOPs.