International commercial law firm Hill Dickinson is pleased to announce the appointments of legal director Eleanor Tunnicliffe and senior associate Ruth Griffiths to its rapidly growing health practice.

Recent weeks have seen story after story emerge in the news making allegations of unlawful discrimination and harassment, and criticising the response (or lack thereof) to those allegations.

GP collaboration and the push for primary care at scale

‘Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things’. Isaac Newton

A team from Hill Dickinson’s national health practice will be attending the 2017 NHS Providers Conference and Exhibition at the ICC Birmingham. The two day annual event will be held between 7-8 November.

International commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has achieved impressive results in the latest edition of the industry wide recognised legal directory The Legal 500 UK.

NHS England has opened the consultation on changes to a host of primary care regulations to facilitate the better integration of primary care medical services into accountable care models of service delivery. The proposed changes are designed to remove some of the barriers to contracting for primary care through a fully integrated provider. The consultation ends on 3 November 2017 - view the details.

Recent years have demonstrated a much greater social shift towards couples choosing to live together in different types of modern family make up. This includes same-sex couples choosing to enter into civil partnerships over marriage and cohabiting couples; the fastest growing type of household in the UK. But is the law keeping up with modern family life or is urgent statutory reform needed?

Hill Dickinson’s new Leeds-based health team hosted its first seminar on Wednesday 27 September, followed by celebratory drinks with clients and colleagues to toast the move into Leeds.