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Appointing and managing external third party providers can be complex and time consuming and getting it wrong can be costly and disruptive to your business.
Successful relationships are based on cultural fit, trust, experience and alignment of systems and processes. From initial due diligence to tender, negotiation and exit planning, our team provides strategic advice throughout the outsourcing cycle. Our aim is to ensure you have the right suppliers on board to support and grow your business.
Full service solution – offshore/onshore, multi-sourcing, shared services or in-sourcing, mutualisation, from Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) and benchmarking to audit and exit planning.
Ongoing support and coaching – toolkits and guides available on exit management, benchmarking, TUPE, outsourcing and due diligence, service level agreements (SLAs), key performance indicators (KPIs) and shared services.
We can also provide advice and support to you or an employee group who are considering establishing a mutual venture to provide services back to the parent body.
When considering vicarious liability, healthcare organisations need to consider not only the “relationship” and “close connection” test but also whether there is someone else who could or should be vicariously liable.
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The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented capacity challenges for the NHS and other healthcare providers. NHS England has commissioned independent healthcare providers to provide extra capacity for the treatment of patients, not only to support the treatment of coronavirus but also to help the NHS deliver other urgent operations and cancer treatments.
It is important that organisations who try to amend their contracts tread carefully as the recent case of NHS Commissioning Board v Vasant (t/a MK Vasant and Associates) [2019] EWCA Civ 1245 demonstrates the difficulties that they can face.
The Health sector already has challenges with staffing shortages, with leading think tanks predicting that over the next five years, nurse and GP shortages will double and nearly treble respectively, without radical action being taken.
Browne Jacobson is friendly and extremely approachable, with a down-to-earth approach and an excellent knowledge of the areas of law that my organization requires legal advice on. Furthermore, they provide good value for money.
This team delivers a prompt, attentive and accurate service to the client from beginning to end.
Market commentators highlight the firm for its "strong independent health practice."
Another market source says: "They are reliable and provide a good cost-effective service."
Acting as sole adviser for an NHS Trust on a £289million project to outsource its corporate function - advisingon the structure of the procurement and the overall approach to the competitive dialogue procedure,drafting the PIN, Contract Notice, PQQ documentation and subsequent Invitation to Participate in Dialogue papers and supported the Board throughout the process. Our wider project team advised on all aspects of the project including contracting and IT, employment and pensions, estates and construction.
We provide a package of services for supporting data protection managers. Our DPA breach support services minimise the risk of a data protection breach.
The helpline is staffed by qualified employment solicitors, giving you access to sensible and practical advice.
Even many years after the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act, there is still a long way to go to get it fully embedded in health and social care practice.
In partnership with Nottingham CityCare, we have developed a fixed price end-to-end solution to handle the processing of retrospective Continuing Healthcare claims.
Partner and Head of Government Sector