Nurse Professional Indemnity Self Declaration

The need to have in place an indemnity arrangement is a mandatory requirement of the NMC Code.
 

It is the professional responsibility of each nurse and midwife to ensure that you have cover which is appropriate to your role and scope of practice and its risks.

If you have personal cover in place it must be relevant to the risks involved in your practice, so that it is reasonably sufficient in the event that a claim is successfully made against you.
 

You are not required to provide a copy of your documents for your indemnity arrangement when you self- declare. However, maintaining good records of your indemnity arrangement is a legal requirement of the NMC Code.
 

If you practise without cover you will be breaking the law, even though you only have to sign the declaration annually you must have cover in place at all times. We may undertake compliance checks, identification of failure to have the cover in place once you have signed a self- declaration will result in referral to the NMC.