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Emma Stockwell | Hill Dickinson

Emma Stockwell

Emma is a partner in the health team and advises on all aspects of healthcare law. Emma’s particular expertise is in corporate governance, primary care commissioning and regulation, information governance, inquests and judicial review.
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Emma has many years’ experience in working for public sector organisations in the health and social care field, predominantly within the NHS, as well as national regulators such as the Care Quality Commission and other national bodies such as Health Education England.

Emma represents clients at inquests and in judicial review proceedings often involving public consultation and service transformation issues. One of Emma’s specialisms is corporate governance. She advises clients on their powers and duties and has assisted foundation trusts and CCGs in drafting and applying their constitutions and standing orders. Emma also advises on commissioning issues and the regulation of primary care practitioners, undertaking work for NHS England and CCGs on all performance and contractual matters.

Emma completed her law degree at the University of Leicester and subsequently studied at the College of Law in York. During her studies, Emma spent a year in Strasbourg studying law at Strasbourg University and whilst there worked at the European Parliament assisting a numbers of MEPs.

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  • Experience

    • Represented a number of NHS bodies in judicial review proceedings concerning decisions not to commission specific services
    • Advised on the content of various NHS foundation trust and CCG constitutions
    • Advised a number of CCGs on conflicts of interest policies and their application
    • Acted for a strategic health authority in the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry
    • Assists with hosting meetings of the NW FT Secretaries Forum discussing FT governance issues
    • Worked with an acute trust during a period of intense regulatory scrutiny on the handling of many data protection and freedom of information requests
    • Advised NHS England on numerous primary care performers list matters, involving criminal charges and General Medical Council/General Dental Council referrals
    • Advised NHS England and numerous CCGs on the process for issuing breach, remedial and termination notices in respect of primary care contracts
    • Advised a large CCG on public consultation processes in respect of a significant service reconfiguration
    • Advised a foundation trust on the removal of a governor and a CCG on the removal of a governing body member
  • Affiliations

    • Member of the Law Society
  • Languages

    • French (basic)

Emma Stockwell's Expertise