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FALQ: Can our PCN be a limited company?
This is the first article in our five part series exploring frequently asked legal questions typically asked by PCNs. Q1 - Can our PCN be a limited company?
The real costs of negligence claims – who pays?
Niloo Bozorgi looks at the costs of clinical negligence claims for independent practitioners and upcoming changes that will affect them.
Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief
Welcome to our Autumn/Winter 2019/2020 edition of Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief.
Do you know what contracts you are entering into?
Kirsty Odell, senior solicitor in the corporate healthcare team of law firm Hempsons, looks at potential liability for practices entering contractual arrangements.
Partnership Disputes – it will never happen to us…will it?
Unfortunately, partnership disputes can and do arise. And when they do, they can be time-consuming, costly, stressful, emotional and destabilising for a practice and the individual partners.
Keep a close eye on your ‘shares’
The purpose of primary care networks is to bring practices together to work in an integrated way to deliver Directed Enhanced Services (DES). The payments for DES include staffing costs for employees who will work across the network to fulfil the contract.
Best Practice | 9-10 October 2019
Hempsons attended the Best Practice show on the 9th and 10th October 2019.
A new approach to capital funding and project delivery
A new approach to capital funding and project delivery
Key Legal Developments Update – October 2019
Welcome to our latest key legal developments where we have highlighted the latest updates within healthcare.
Hempsons Education News Update
Now that schools are fully into the autumn term, it’s helpful to recap on the education news from the last few weeks.
Simon Eastwood represents Singapore-based doctor in GMC proceedings
Simon Eastwood, who instructed Adrian Hopkins QC of Serjeants Inn chambers, recently represented a Singapore-based doctor in relation to fitness to practise proceedings brought by the General Medical Council (GMC).
Hempsons’ Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief Autumn/Winter 2019
Autumn/Winter 2019 edition of Hempsons’ Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief.
Adam Smith Appointed as Assistant Coroner for Inner North London
We are pleased to announce that one of Hempsons’ partners, Adam Smith, has today been appointed as Assistant Coroner for Inner North London (based in St Pancras and Poplar).
Newsflash: NHS recommendations to Government and Parliament for an NHS Integrated Care Bill
On Thursday 26 September 2019 the Boards of NHS England and NHS Improvement met in common to approve the publication of “The NHS recommendations to Government and Parliament for an NHS Integrated Care Bill”. We provide a summary of the 23 recommendations.