Healthcare & Life Sciences
Whether developing innovative medical treatments, providing state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, delivering frontline healthcare or tackling the lifestyle choices that can cause preventable harm, the current challenges and new opportunities facing those who operate in healthcare are unprecedented.
Our Healthcare team comprises lawyers who are leaders in their respective fields, and we have advised on many new hospital and healthcare projects under private finance initiative (PFI), public-private partnership (PPP), non-profit distributing (NPD) and hub schemes. Beyond that, we help clients ranging from international pharmaceutical companies and life science technology businesses to independent care home operators, pharmacists, dentists and doctors. We also work with banks, financers and other investors who help fund these organisations.
“From some of the largest NHS Boards in Scotland to independent businesses providing frontline healthcare services – MacRoberts has a long history of providing legal advice to a huge variety of health care businesses and providers both in Scotland and across the UK. We understand how healthcare businesses operate and the commercial and regulatory challenges they face. This vast sector experience coupled with a team of experts that cross the sector allows our Healthcare team to provide clear and practical solutions to a crucially important sector for us all.”
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Employment Mencap: UK Supreme Court finds against sleep-in workers in NMW case The Supreme Court has published its judgment in a case involving whether a care worker whose shift at a vulnerable client's premises (part of which involved remaining overnight at the client's home) should be paid the National Minimum Wage.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Market consolidation in cosmetic dentistry - a pretty picture? Michael Kelly discusses how social media, influencers and celebrities are affecting the dental market and the impact they could have on the dentistry profession.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences To buy or to sell your dental practice? That is the question We look at some of the most common questions and concerns held by dental practice owners when considering selling their business.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Buying or selling a vet practice: Part 4 For the acquired business – and those involved in it (whether employees or sellers with a continuing role) – the period immediately following completion will inevitably result in change of some sort, and require a degree of adaptation.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Buying or selling a vet practice: Part 3 We look at practical steps to take in the run-up to completion (pre-closing) and completion itself.
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