Medical Indemnity Overview
This section covers Queensland Health (the Department of Health and Hospital and Health Services (HHSs)) for demands for compensation made by a third party against the Agency and/or its health care professionals arising from the rendering of, or failure to render, medical or health services causing injury or death of a patient.
Who’s Covered?
- Queensland Health (the Department of Health) and Hospital and Health Services, as well as their employees who have been granted indemnity under the Queensland Government Indemnity Guidelines and/or Indemnity for Queensland Health Medical Practitioners Human Resources Policy I2.