Physiotherapists: professional indemnity insurance

Fisioterapeutas: seguro de responsabilidade civil profissional

All Physiotherapists registered with the Order of Physiotherapists automatically benefit from Professional Civil Liability Insurance at no extra cost. This insurance is one of the great advantages offered by the Order, ensuring essential protection in the exercise of the profession.

Insurance cover

Guarantees and/or Covers Limits of indemnity
Professional Liability
- Indemnification 100.000€
- Defence 20.000€
Inhibition from practising the profession for up to 18 months
- Monthly amount corresponding to the average remuneration of the last 12 months prior to the claim, up to a maximum of 3.000€
Operating Liability 20.000€

Franchise: There is no excess associated with the insurance.

Additional Information

  • The insurance has been in force since 8 June 2022;
  • All Physiotherapists registered with the Order are entitled to this insurance. Entitlement to insurance ceases in the event of suspension or cancellation of membership;
  • It is not advisable to maintain two active professional indemnity insurances. If you decide to dispense with the organisation's insurance and keep another that you already have, you must notify the address in writing: geral@ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt;
  • You can negotiate additional policy conditions directly with the insurer responsible if you wish to increase the amount of cover;
  • In the event of a claim, fill in the "Civil Liability Claim Report" document and send it to sinistroslx@wtwco.com

Policy enquiry and FAQ

You can consult the policy and Frequently Asked Questions on professional indemnity insurance in your reserved area from the website of the Order of Physiotherapists.

President of the Order of Physiotherapists participated in the discussion of the Strategic Plan of the Santa Maria School of Health

Bastonário da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas participou na discussão do Plano Estratégico da Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria

The President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order, António Lopes, was invited to participate in the discussion of the Strategic Plan of the Santa Maria School of Health (ESSSM) for the years 2023-2027, which took place on June 4, at Colégio Luso-Francês, in Porto, with the presence of the Board of Directors, Teachers, Staff, Students and ESSSM Partners.

With a reflection focused on the historical path and the future of physiotherapy, the President of the Portuguese Association of Physical Therapists presented the integrated and integrative perspective of the work that the Association is doing in the context of the development and affirmation of the profession. António Lopes pointed out that there are three main driving forces for the development of the profession: a pole centred on the regulatory (legislative) framework and the planning of human resources in the health area; a pole centred on the production and preparation of the necessary human resources and a third which employs the existing human resources. He stressed that even though each pole has different actors, decision-makers and dynamics of its own, the three influence each other and a change in one pole can have an impact on the others.

From this reflection result the three pillars that guide the mandate of the current Board of the Order of Physiotherapists:

- Physiotherapy, as a scientific discipline (the hub of basic and specialised teaching and research);

- Physiotherapy as a regulated profession (pole of the regulatory framework - where self-regulation has now been added, and the redefinition of the professional profile, the creation of the code of ethics and technical standards;

- Physiotherapy as a service provision (pole of employment and use of physiotherapists, in the diversity of sectors and contexts).

In this context, the President took the opportunity to underline the importance of a joint and regular work between Higher Education Institutions and the Order of Physiotherapists, in order to enhance the gains that the regulation pole, on the part of the Order, may have in education and in the effective provision of physiotherapy services.

13th General Assembly of the "World Physiotherapy Europe Region".

13ª Assembleia-Geral da “Região Europa da World Physiotherapy”

The President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order, António Lopes, was present, as an observer, in the 13th General Assembly of the "World Physiotherapy Europe Region", that took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on the 19th and 20th May. The participation of António Lopes, who has already been chairman of this organization between 1998 and 2010, allowed him to learn about the work in progress and the priorities for the next two years of activity, which the Order will integrate when it assumes the affiliation. It should be remembered that the Order of Physiotherapists has already presented its candidacy to the World Physiotherapy, with effect from January 2023.

Among World Physiotherapy's ongoing projects, the highlights are the programme related to the dissemination of the importance of physiotherapy in the prevention and rehabilitation of oncological conditions, integrated in the European plan entitled "EU Commission Beating Cancer Plan", and "InAbled Cities: Developing Inclusive urban environments for physical activity for people with disabilities and senior citizens", a programme that aims to promote physical activity in urban environments for people with disabilities and/or over 65 years old.

At the 13th General Assembly of the "World Physiotherapy Europe Region", issues related to the support and development of research in physiotherapy and the definition of the minimum competences that should be demanded in the initial training for access to the exercise of the profession were also addressed.

Through the participation in this regional organization of the World Physiotherapy, the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order intends to maintain a close relationship and interaction with the representative organizations of the 37 countries that integrate it.

To find out more about the World Physiotherapy Europe Region visit - https://www.erwcpt.eu/

Meeting of the Portuguese Order of Physiotherapists with the Portuguese Association of Physiotherapists

Encontro da Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas com a Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas

The Board of the Order of Physiotherapists (OF) met with the new National Directive Council of the Portuguese Association of Physiotherapists (APFISIO).

The meeting, which took place on 10 May, was attended by the President of the Portuguese Bar Association, António Lopes, Pedro Rebelo and Afonso Neutel, and the President Maria João Bigode and the Vice-President Sérgio Neto, representing the Association.

Greetings were presented to the new elected social bodies of APFISIO and the most relevant issues of the institutional relationship between the Order and the Association were analysed, under the terms of the memorandum of understanding signed in 2020, in which it was agreed to establish the progressive and necessary conditions so that, as soon as possible, the Order of Physiotherapists will have a seat, by affiliation, at the World Physiotherapy.

In this context, the Order, as the structure that regulates physiotherapy and physiotherapists in Portugal, informed that it would formalise its candidacy to the World Physiotherapy (WP), with effect from January 2023, and APFISIO naturally recognised this candidacy.

In order not to suddenly interrupt the work that has been developed by the APFISIO Interest Groups, which would automatically lose international representation in the WP, the Portuguese Physioterapists Association has guaranteed that it will ensure the endorsement of all the groups, on a transitional basis, until the Order's own representative structures are in a position to assume membership of the international organisation.   

 The model of endorsement will be opportunely analysed by the Order with each Interest Group individually and with the National Directive Council of APFisio, according to the characteristics and needs of each one.

The Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas and the Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas also agreed to hold regular meetings to clarify their respective roles in pursuing the objectives of developing physiotherapy in Portugal and increasing literacy as an important step in affirming the profession.

 

Pedro Maciel Barbosa

Specialist physiotherapist at the Matosinhos Local Health Unit Sub-coordinator for Primary Health Care, Matosinhos Local Health Unit Visiting Assistant Professor at the Porto School of Health Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Health - SNS Member of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists

Carlos Sand

Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.

Eduardo José Brazete Carvalho Cruz

PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).

Sara Souto Miranda

Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.

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