Indemnity for UK GPs
Just a quick note: It's ironic that Australia Prime Minister saying their vaccines weren't mandatory and everyone who took them gave informed consent. Australia was turned into alcatralia – from concentration camps being built, severe restrictions of movement, forced facial recognition apps etc. Coercing is not consent – Australia is a Full Scale Pilot Test For The New World Order
Gibraltar politicians haven't gotten away with the same, but it's not like they didn't try or plan on it - from the unvaxxed not being able to visit the elderly to the talk about covid passports to enter restaurants. Coercion tactics have been used on The Rock. And "informed consent" is rarely brought up if at all. Instead they incessingly go on about how jabs are safe.
A general rule of thumb for suing for injury or damages is SUE EVERYONE, because the more sued the more chances of the charges sticking somewhere.
Greg Hunt told Aussie GPs that they don't need to worry about being sued for giving the jabs because of indemnity agreements in place.
Is there a similar agreement to protect GPs in the UK? Yes.
COVID-19: toolkit for GPs and GP practices
Indemnity for all NHS clinical negligence liabilities relating to the coronavirus pandemic are being provided for by the four UK Governments.
This will either occur through existing state-backed NHS indemnity schemes or through new arrangements established by the relevant health department. This will ensure that you are legally protected for the work you undertake as part of the COVID-19 response.
Depending on the circumstances, it may be reasonable for you to be asked to work outside your normal scope of practice. However, you should work within your competence. If you are asked to perform tasks you do not feel competent to carry out, you should explain your concerns immediately to those in charge of the practice, and ask that other arrangements are made.
In an emergency, where there are no alternatives available, you should provide the safest care that you are able to provide in the circumstances, with the aim of providing overall benefit for the patient.
NHS clinical negligence indemnity schemes will cover any GP working outside their normal field of practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If your clinical duties within the NHS have changed as a result of the need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic you may need to inform your medical defence organisation to ensure you maintain your personal/professional indemnity cover.
We're assuming the GPs in Gibraltar are covered as well, because of the NHS and UK Gov involvement.
Did you know they expected the challenges?
NHS told to expect ‘huge number’ of legal challenges after pandemic
April 2020 – The NHS should expect a “huge number” of legal challenges relating to decisions made during the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare lawyers have warned.
The specialists said legal challenges against clinical commissioning groups and NHS providers would be inevitable, around issues such as breaches of human rights and clinical negligence claims.
Francesca Burfield, a barrister specialising in children’s health and social care, told HSJ’s Healthcheck podcast: “I think there is going to be huge number of challenges. If and when we move through this there will not only be a public enquiry, [but] I anticipate judicial reviews, civil actions in relation to negligence claims and breach[es] of human rights….”
She said criminal proceedings by the Care Quality Commission or Crown Prosecution Service would also be a possibility, around issues such as deprivation of liberty, neglect, safeguarding, and potential gross negligence manslaughter.
Both lawyers urged CCGs, social care workers and NHS providers to ensure they are maintaining accurate records and to keep a clear audit trail that shows why and how decisions are being made.
Mr Duddles added: “If you act in accordance of what the law is now, you are able to defend your decision. You can chuck something at your lawyer and they have something to get their teeth into and put a defence together, but you have to keep those records and consult with the people you must consult with.”
Are these kind of meticulous records being kept in Gibraltar ? Are GPs leaving themselves wide open for liability claims to stick?
And we have this NHS directive that puts liability in their hands:
GPs must individually approve patients for Covid vaccine before delivery Dec 20
December 2020 – GPs are required to ‘individually assess’ each patient before they receive a Covid jab under the initial delivery mechanism, NHS England has said.
And they will take full clinical responsibility for all vaccinations delivered by non-prescribers until a national protocol is agreed, it added.
Each vaccination will take three minutes longer than previously planned under this mechanism, according to new calculations.
Oh, how rules change to fit the narrative.
There are even Truth-groups giving even school administrators notices of liability for their own participation.