Specialist services for consultants and other private practitioners

Michael Rourke

partner & LEAD CONTACT

• London, Southampton
• corporate, commercial
• m.rourke@hempsons.co.uk
• 020 7484 7648

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We offer a full legal service to consultants and other clinicians in private practice, helping to navigate the ever more complex legal and regulatory issues involved in running and developing a private medical practice.

Our Corporate Commercial team combines commercial and contracting expertise with an in depth knowledge of the healthcare sector.

Our services

We provide support in the following areas:

• Regulatory and indemnity matters
• Establishing LLPs and joint ventures including members’ agreements and fee structures
• Negotiating contracts including services agreements and franchise agreements with hospitals, NHS commissioners and other customers
• Compliance with data law including GDPR
• Customer facing materials – e.g. patient terms and conditions
• Negotiation with PMIs
• Premises arrangements and practising privileges agreements
• Dispute resolution and litigation
• Employment law issues
• Investments and funding

Our aim is always to give clear and straightforward legal advice allowing you to concentrate on running your private healthcare business.

Please see below articles from our partnership with the Independent Practitioner Today, aimed at helping new healthcare businesses avoid potential issues they may face in different areas such as employment, IP and website ownership.

• The importance of warranties
• The attitude towards Litigants in Person: An end to latitude?
• Keep it legal – informed consent
• Seven good reasons to make a Will
• Record keeping
• Intellectual Property and Health Tech – potential pitfalls
• Terms and Conditions Apply – The rolling contract
• Lease Negotiations – Tips and Traps
• Possible Legal and Regulatory Developments following the Bawa-Garba Case
• What’s new in employment law – September 2018
• How best to manage your lawyer – July 2018
• How to avoid a GMC referral – June 2018
• Private Practitioner’s premises – what are the options? – May 2018
• Consultant’s collaborative working arrangements – April 2018
• Is your private practice ready for GDPR – March 2018
• Poor performance and misconduct – navigating the minefield – February 2018
• Indemnity cover – what you need to know – December 2017
• Revalidation – a trap for the unwary? – November 2017
• Fitness to Practice – October 2017
• Look to the future – healthcare start ups – round-up – September 2017
• Generating revenue from IP – July 2017
• Online healthcare businesses – the data protection issues – June 2017
• Online prescribing is no panacea – the pitfalls and perils of prescribing medication online – May 2017
• Mind your Ts & Cs – the biggest lie on the internet? – April 2017
• Get brand protection – key intellectual property rights – March 2017
• Don’t get snared in your own web – it’s your website – but do you own and control it? – February 2017