Free Legal Resources for General Practitioners

Welcome to our free legal resource hub for GPs. Our dedicated team of primary care experts is here to provide you with a wealth of valuable tools and resources to support your practice. Whether you’re looking for the latest updates in the sector or practical advice to navigate legal challenges, we’ve got you covered.

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Free legal advice for GPs

Our team of primary care experts can offer GPs and their team members up to ten minutes of free preliminary legal advice on a number of legal issues including partnership agreements and disputes, practice mergers and acquisitions, premises and other real estate matters, PCNs, GP Federations, and regulatory matters.

Our free legal advice line for GPs is open 10am to 4pm, Monday – Friday.

Simply call 020 7839 0278 and ask for the GP advice line for up to 10 minutes’ free legal advice.

Primary care podcasts

Our latest primary care blogs

January 2026

Be sure your contract delivers what you want

December 2025

Last of the GP property owning partners – how to manage a tricky transition

November 2025

Key changes and impacts for UK companies from 18 November 2025

September 2025

Act fast if you receive a remedial or breach notice

August 2025

Is this the end of upwards only rent reviews? If so, is this good or bad news for GPs?

July 2025

NHS 10-Year Plan – Monday’s insight – NHS 10-year plan FAQs

NHS 10-Year Plan – Tuesday’s insight – Are traditional GP partnerships at risk?

NHS 10-Year Plan – Wednesday’s insight – PCNs and GP Federations – what are their roles within the new neighbourhoods?

NHS 10-Year Plan – Thursday’s insight – What are Neighbourhood Health Centres and will the Plan see investment in GP premises?

NHS 10-Year Plan – Friday’s insight – Implementing Neighbourhoods

Act now to deal with disputes between practices in your PCN

June 2025

GP Surgery Improvement Grants under the Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund

Exercising tenant’s break clauses

May 2025

5 Essential Tips for GPs to Manage Lease Dilapidations

Managing patient safety incidents is changing, is your practice prepared?

March 2025

Succession planning and emergency exits – advice for GP partners

January 2025

Time to get into these new neighbourhood teams

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Primary care webinars

Our primary care team run regular free legal webinars for GPs, covering a range of commercial, clinical, and regulatory issues.

Visit our events page to register your place on our upcoming webinars.

Watch the recordings of our past webinars on our YouTube channel.

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