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Do you want to bid for NHS contracts?
Ross Clark provides a guide to the Provider Selection Regime for independent healthcare providers.
FCA Registration for dental practices
FCA registration is a legal requirement for dental practices offering payment plans to patients. Here's what to consider if buying a practice.
How has doctors’ guidance altered?
Good Medical Practice 2024: what you need to know from a legal viewpoint. Jordan Laybourn and Dr Tania Francis report.
Inspections get transparent
The Care Quality Commission’s new single assessment framework is getting underway and private healthcare providers are wondering what it means for them.
Updated ACAS guidance on managing sickness absence
What’s new in employment law? Solicitor Henrietta Donnelly examines the updated guidance issued by the arbitration service ACAS on managing sickness absence.
Hempsons’ specialist Dental M&A team support Envisage Dental on another key acquisition
Hempsons have acted for national dental group, Envisage Dental, in their acquisition of a large 8 surgery private practice in South London.
Drifting into a contract is perilous
Some key points you should consider when entering a contract are outlined here by Justin Cumberlege, a partner at specialist healthcare legal firm Hempsons.
Podcast: Complaints handling and an introduction to negligence claims
Following his recent webinar healthcare litigation associate, Nigel Wood, gives an introduction to clinical negligence claims dentists may face, and gives an overview of best practices when it comes to handling patient complaints.
Avoid falling out with your partners
Partnerships in private practice – be it through groups of consultants or GPs – have been growing over the last 15 years. And with them has come a rise in disputes.
The perils of social media
Rachel Levine explains who the law protects in social media and how you can shield yourself as an employer and/or employee against its dangers.
A guide to bidding for NHS contracts
It may feel counter-intuitive, but independent practitioners wanting to grow their private practices should look at opportunities to secure contracts with the NHS. These are often time-limited and project-focused to help resolve issues. Robert McCartney gives a legal view on preparing for procurement opportunities.
What can we learn from GMC cases?
We can learn a lot from the big GMC cases but there’s much to be usefully gleaned from the ‘run of the mill’ hearings. Dr Tania Francis reports.
Implications of GDC v. Williams judgment for dentists mixing private and NHS treatment
Dentists and dental lawyers have been watching the case of GDC v. Williams with interest, due to the implications for the long-held view that it is not permitted to mix NHS and private treatment by charging patients a private top-up fee in addition to the NHS charge for NHS treatment. The
Watch how you hire advisers
Solicitor Robert McCartney has a warning to everyone who works as or who uses freelance workers – including ‘independent’ doctors.