Indemnity

Summary

The requester asked for details regarding the Isle of Man Government's medical and dental indemnity providers and associated costs from 2011 to present. The Department of Health and Social Care disclosed that it self-insures, meaning no external companies are used and no annual costs are paid to insurers.

Key Facts

• The Department of Health and Social Care self-insures for medical and dental indemnity.
• No external companies are engaged to provide indemnity insurance for the Department.
• There is no annual cost paid to indemnity companies because the Department self-insures.
• The request covered the period from 2011 to the date of the response (2017).
• Information regarding a breakdown of monies by profession (medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy) was not provided due to the self-insurance status.

Data Disclosed

• 2017-07-28
• 2017-08-10
• 2011
• IM96-872i
• FOIA/DHSC/rvsd/01

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Health and Social Care

Rheynn Slaynt as Kiarail y Theay

Page 1 of 2 FOIA/DHSC/rvsd/01

Chief Executive: Malcolm Couch

By email:

Freedom of Information Team Department of Health & Social Care Chief Executive’s Office Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas Isle of Man, IM1 3QA Tel: Email: Website: Date: FOI Reference: (01624) 642621 foi.dhsc@gov.im www.gov.im/dhsc 10 August 2017 IM96-872i

Dear REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Thank you for your request to the Department of Health and Social Care, dated 28 July 2017

Your request You asked for: Question 01: “Can you please advise who the IOM Government hold their medical/dental indemnity with? i.e which company/companies provide advice indemnity.” Question 02: “Could you please provide the annual cost of advice/indemnity on an annual basis from 2011 to present paid to the indemnity companies in question 1?”
Question 03: “Can you please provide a breakdown in monies dependant on medicine, dentistry, physiotherapist, or is there a joint policy/policies?”

Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide the information you have requested; the reasons are shown as part of the corresponding answers below. Question 01: Can you please advise who the IOM Government hold their medical/dental indemnity with? i.e which company/companies provide advice indemnity In response to Question 01, the Department of Health and Social Care (“the Department”) self-insures and therefore does not engage with any company or companies to provide indemnity insurance.

Page 2 of 2 FOIA/DHSC/rvsd/01 Question 02: Could you please provide the annual cost of advice/indemnity on an annual basis from 2011 to present paid to the indemnity companies in Question 01 In response to Question 02, as indicated in the response to Question 01, there is no annual cost as the Department self-insures. Question 03: Can you please provide a breakdown in monies dependant on medicine, dentistry, physiotherapist, or is there a joint policy/policies?” While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide the information you have requested in Question 03. The reasons for this are stated in Question 01 and Question 02.

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Freedom of Information Team Department of Health and Social Care