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As a long-standing provider of legal services to the health sector, our NHS employment team works with more than 100 healthcare bodies and providers. With a deep understanding of the challenges facing organisations today, our advice is pragmatic, timely and focused on meeting our clients’ objectives.

How we can advise you

Our dedicated NHS employment team provides advice and strategic guidance on the full range of employment law matters.

Areas of expertise include:

  • contracts of employment, policy documents and staff handbooks
  • equal pay, discrimination, victimisation and harassment
  • disciplinary, dismissal and grievance procedures
  • maternity, paternity and adoption issues
  • immigration advice
  • working time
  • pay, benefits and pensions
  • trade unions and industrial action
  • transfers of undertakings (TUPE)
  • whistle blowing
  • employment tribunal proceedings
  • restructuring and reorganisation

We work closely with our highly regarded healthcare practice, which comprises of specialists from the full range of NHS legal services, from inquests to procurement and property to criminal matters. We deliver a seamless and fully integrated service to benefit clients through enhanced efficiencies and bespoke solutions to their issues.  

  • How our team will work with you

    As a dedicated NHS employment team, clients benefit from our experience of responding to the issues they are facing on a daily basis. We work with NHS bodies across the UK to provide an integrated employment law service that supports your team on a day-to-day basis and for longer term strategic planning.

    We provide a full range of NHS specific training that we can deliver across our offices or onsite.

  • Our experience

    Examples of our work include:

    • innovative solution for transfer of employees to a joint venture
    • successful defence of whistle blowing and disability discrimination claims
    • board-level probity issues
    • provision of an NHS HR club allowing our clients to discuss topical issues and exchange ideas and best practice

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