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GPs and Doctors Lawyers

Get expert advice from our leading GP and doctors lawyers.

The world of general practitioners is under constant pressure and scrutiny. The direction of travel being to work at scale and offer a wider array of medical services to patients in the community and outside of a hospital setting. The requirement to collaborate with other healthcare professionals has never been greater for GPs and our renowned team of GP lawyers have an excellent market  reputation for pragmatic advice and assistance to help GP businesses with the many challenges faced by practitioners.

Our team of GP lawyers advise on:

Commercial and Corporate

  • Partnership formation and agreements
  • Partner admissions and retirements
  • GMS/PMS/APMS contract advice
  • Primary care networks, joint ventures and other commercial projects;
  • Practice mergers;
  • 24 Hour retirement
  • Contract transfers

Regulatory

  • GMC investigations
  • NHSE Investigations
  • CQC inspections and enforcement

Employment and Pensions advice

  • Employment Contracts
  • TUPE
  • Grievances
  • Redundancy
  • Dismissal
  • Discrimination claims
  • HR Policies
  • HR management and services (HR Rely)
  •  NHS Pensions

 Disputes

  • Partnership Disputes
  • Litigation, mediation and other dispute resolution;
  • Commercial contract litigation
  • Service charge disputes

Property services

  • Buying and selling of freehold and leasehold property;
  • Negotiation of lease and licenses 
  • Reviewing and advising on property deeds including leases and licenses
  • Service charge issues  

Data Protection issues

  • Disclosure to the police or third parties

Inquests

  • Where the practice are identified as interested persons
  • Where the Coroner has concerns regarding the prevention of future deaths

Police / Counter Fraud Investigations

  • Allegations of harm, inappropriate behaviour or fraud

Complaints Handling

 

 

Advice line

We offer 20 minutes of free legal advice to GPs and other primary care professionals on a wide range of commercial, estates and regulatory matters.

For more information on how we can help, please contact Edwina Farrell at edwina.farrell@weightmans.com or fill in the form below.

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