

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.
Other Health and Care expertise
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.