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Richard Parker | Hill Dickinson

Richard Parker

Richard works with a wide variety of public and private organisations operating in the health, care and life sciences sector, with a particular emphasis on information governance, public law, regulatory compliance, commissioning and dispute resolution.
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Richard advises clients on all aspects of information governance, including data protection, confidentiality and NHS-specific legislation, policies and guidance. As well as advising health and care commissioners and providers on information governance, Richard works with health technology companies to develop compliance solutions for their data-driven technologies and services.

Richard has a broad public law and regulatory practice. He advises public bodies on their statutory duties, contributes to statutory guidance and represents clients in judicial review proceedings. His regulatory practice includes information rights, care standards, performers lists and pharmacy regulation.

Richard also specialises in health and care commissioning, especially primary care. This includes advising on national guidance and standard contracts; the management of primary care contracts; and resolving disputes between commissioners and providers.

Richard graduated from the University of Liverpool (LLB, 2007) and was awarded a distinction in the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law (LPC, 2008), prior to completing his training contract at the firm and qualifying as a solicitor in 2012.

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  • Experience

    • Advising national and regional organisations, public and private, on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018
    • Working with a health technology start-up to develop a compliance solution for deployment of its data-driven technology (including artificial intelligence) within the NHS
    • Representing clients in relation to regulatory action by the Information Commissioner concerning data protection, freedom of information, environmental information and electronic communications
    • Providing bespoke training to Data Protection Officers (DPOs), Senior Information Risk Owners (SIROs) and Caldicott Guardians and on their respective information governance responsibilities
    • Advising a national NHS body on its policies and guidance in relation to public involvement and consultation, service reconfiguration, primary care commissioning and payments to suspended primary care practitioners
    • Successfully defending a number of judicial reviews brought against national and local public bodies in relation to a variety of matters including: changes to NHS services, the management and termination of primary care contracts, the procurement of NHS services, the regulation of community pharmacies, payments to suspended medical practitioners and the application process for trainee doctors
    • Successfully defending a regulator in misfeasance in public office proceedings
    • Advising a group of NHS commissioners on their commissioning policies, including on the funding of assisted conception services
    • Advising NHS commissioners on all aspects of the management of primary care contracts, including developing new contracts, managing changes to services, responding to concerns, serving breach and remedial notices and termination, including urgent termination on the grounds of patient safety
    • Successfully defending commercial disputes and litigation against NHS commissioners by GP and dental providers, including two Court of Appeal judgments which are now leading precedents on the termination of primary care contracts and the legal status of NHS contracts
  • Affiliations

    • Member of the Law Society

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