Due to overwhelming support for the Master Indemnity Agreement (MIA) register, DHSC has said they are committed to maintaining a national central register. The service will continue after 31st March 2022 to ensure continuity of provision whilst they explore options to identify a permanent home for the service. They have said they will provide more information in the coming months.
Previously they announced that 'from 31 March 2022, DHSC will no longer be supporting the MIA register, so your Trust which has received the medical equipment must check that you have adequate insurance cover provided by the supplier from this date.' Due to overwhelming support for the Master Indemnity Agreement (MIA) register, the service will now continue after 31st March 2022.
The Master Indemnity Agreement covers the free use of the Equipment (for the purpose of evaluation, testing, research, design, or trial demonstration of equipment) provided on a loan basis or transferred for free and on a no hire and no purchase basis. Until now MIA provided assurance of insurance cover as part of this scheme.
The MIA register holds the names of all the suppliers, their MIA registration numbers and the expiry date of their insurance, and is currently updated and published monthly.
If you have any queries, please contact carla.honeybun@nhs.net.