Health Employment
As part of a leading health and social care team, we recognise that organisations are grappling with multifaceted challenges. From navigating strategic shifts and financial constraints to heightened regulatory scrutiny, the landscape is full of complexities.
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We understand the unique challenges that health and social care organisations face surrounding employment law, as well as the context, internal ramifications, and wider sensitivities of advising about people issues within the sector.
With the advent of new care models and changes in the commissioning structure, combined with the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the direction of the sector as set out in the NHS People Plan will introduce an array of workforce challenges, impacting public and private entities.
Leveraging our experience advising NHS England, a significant number of providers in the NHS, and leading organisations in the private sector, we offer more than just legal advice. We deliver a clear and pragmatic approach to navigating the uncertainties of this ever-changing landscape.
We support health and social care clients with issues ranging from individual matters like whistleblowing, harassment, grievances, and doctors' issues to strategic advice on industrial action/relations, mergers and acquisitions, integration, joint ventures, shared services, and outsourcing.
Our experience includes handling complex discrimination, transfer of undertakings, and detriment claims in employment tribunals. We've assisted clients with setting up businesses abroad and entering joint ventures with foreign organisations. We've also advised on other workforce-related issues, such as employing staff overseas, transferring domestic staff abroad, and bringing foreign staff to the UK using our dedicated pension and immigration experts.
We aim to resolve difficult internal situations proactively, preventing claims from arising or seeking amicable solutions. We also offer a People Pool service of expert HR and legal advisors who can assist clients in undertaking often complex and sensitive internal investigations or mediations. We provide tailored solutions that meet your needs, anticipate future challenges, and deliver results creatively.
Featured experience
- Supporting NHS England, NHS Trusts, and NHS Foundation Trusts in managing nursing, medical and other strikes in 2022/23. We have supported clients in many ways including strike preparation training, preparing derogations to ensure patient critical work continues on strike days and working with our healthcare regulatory colleagues on consultants' responsibilities to provide supervision during strike action.
- Advising NHS England on a significant change programme involving transfers of high levels of staff in from other bodies. We are working to ensure a smooth transition, providing advice on the complex legal and policy background to this public sector transfer.
- As the NHS strives to achieve systems working we have been providing advice to many NHS bodies on the workforce answers to make this happen. That means we have been at the forefront of developing models and agreements to facilitate staff sharing and integrated care systems working: including NHS and NHS/independent sector staff sharing agreements, lead employer arrangements, joint bank agreements and shared service agreements.
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Learn moreWhat our clients say
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”The employment team is hugely impressive and able to handle any matter given to them. All lawyers that we have worked with have been very helpful and knowledgeable.
Chambers and Partners UK 2023 Edition Employment: Employer: Healthcare client UK
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”The employment team is hugely impressive and able to handle any matter given to them. All lawyers that we have worked with have been very helpful and knowledgeable.
Chambers and Partners UK 2023 Edition Employment: Employer: Healthcare client UK
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”They are an excellent firm which is very good at handling complex, strategic matters as well as practical operational challenges. They are always responsive and quick to deal with things.
Chambers and Partners UK 2023 Edition Employment: Employer: Healthcare client UK
Health Employment key contacts
Udara Ranasinghe
Partner
London
Nick Chronias
Partner
London
Katy Horner
Partner
Bristol
James Rhodes
Partner
Leeds
Sarah George
Partner
Newcastle
Tim Gooder
Partner
Leeds
Jane Marshall
Partner
Manchester
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NHS
We offer market-leading, innovative, legal advice to enable the NHS to focus on delivering high-quality, safe patient care.
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Social Care
Our experts provide trusted legal advice to a wide range of organisations operating within the social care sector, supporting them to deliver safe care that will withstand legal, regulatory and public scrutiny, whilst also growing and developing their own organisation.
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