Adrian Parker

Adrian is a Partner at Hempsons and a member of HF‘s Corporate and Commercial Services division. He has more than 25 years’ experience advising public bodies, companies, charities and social enterprises operating in the health sector on corporate governance, commercial transactions, procurement and major transformation projects.

Adrian has particular expertise in complex procurement and commissioning arrangements, advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious procurement matters. His work spans a wide range of commercial and strategic projects for NHS organisations and other health sector bodies.

In recent years, he has advised on the redesign of commissioning support services for NHS commissioners nationally and the development of a national framework to provide integrated care systems (ICSs) with access to electronic patient records, integration support and population health management expertise. He also works extensively on projects involving the integration of health and social care commissioning and service delivery.

Adrian advises on high-value procurement and outsourcing projects for NHS organisations and has significant experience managing procurement challenges. He regularly supports public bodies defending legal claims and acts for social enterprises and companies challenging defective procurement processes.

Main areas of expertise

• procurement and tendering law
• NHS constitutional law
• NHS corporate governance
• commercial and contracting
• projects and outsourcing
• statutory and common law consultation duties

The clients he works with

• NHS bodies
• NHS England
• social enterprises and charities
• healthcare regulatory and representative bodies

Professional memberships

• Procurement Lawyers Association
• The Law Society

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