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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.

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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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