Insurance Cover

• Public Liability and Professional Medical Malpractice (professional indemnity) insurance cover up to £5, 000,000 on each and every claim.  This is for each individual member and is not a Group insurance.
• Product, Treatment and Liability cover   up to £5,000,000 on each and every claim.   

Business Support

• Advice to members on starting up and managing a private practice - including accounting and other legal ramifications. Advice on partnerships etc.
• Advice on employment issues
• Networking issues both locally and nationally

Professional Support

• Access to professional advice and assistance with professional matters
• Advice on health and safety including decontamination of instruments, infection control and risk assessment
• Clinical guidelines and other documentation e.g. waste disposal guidelines, minimum standards guidelines
• Links to BCPA and special interest groups
• Legal advice and assisstance through it's London Solicitors (including provision of barrister as appropriate) at any Health Professions Council (HPC) hearing 
• Formal representation at HPC and local disciplinary hearings

Continuing Professional Development

• Access to Fellowship programmes leading to advanced practice, including nail surgery 
• Access to courses run by both The SMAE Institute and local branch networks
• Access to The SMAE Institute learning materials
• Access to annual national SMAE Institute conferences
• CPD learning through Open College Podiatry website, CD-Roms and in-house workshops