Geoff
The main reason for the Indemnity is that the supplier is reponsible for liability, excluding negligence by the the Health Boards employees. The supplier shall have insurance to a minimum of £5 million pounds for each claim.
The MIA number and similar number in Scotland indicates that the supplier has furnished the insurance documents for inspection by PASA or SHS and they have been found to be satisfactory. The MIA number south of the Border is not legal in Scotland.
Should the supplier not have one of these numbers which can be viewed at PASA OR SHS, a Standard Form of Indemnity needs to be completed. This should only be signed at Board level of the supplier.
Here, the indemnity for all medical devices get signed for by me as the person nominsted by our Chief Exec.
