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Healthcare Law
Specialists in the Defence of Healthcare Professionals
The healthcare team at Gordons Partnership provides specialist legal support to healthcare professionals and organisations across a wide range of regulatory, claims and compliance matters.
Our team acts exclusively in the defence of healthcare professionals and care providers. The team operates with a defendant-only focus and does not accept instructions from regulators, commissioners, claimants or complainants. This ensures our advice remains conflict-free and aligned with the needs of insurers, healthcare providers and their professionals.
Healthcare Law Solicitors
We support healthcare professionals and organisations across the healthcare claims, regulatory, social care and pharmacy sectors, providing practical legal advice backed by decades of specialist experience.
We also represent dentists and other dental professionals in General Dental Council investigations and Fitness to Practise proceedings, providing clear guidance and robust representation throughout the process.
Areas We Can Help With
Healthcare professionals face increasing regulatory oversight from professional bodies and public authorities. We provide expert advice and representation in investigations, disciplinary proceedings, inquests and related regulatory matters.
We advise doctors facing investigations by the General Medical Council and represent practitioners throughout Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service proceedings, from the earliest stage of investigation through to tribunal hearings and appeals.
We represent dentists and other dental professionals in General Dental Council investigations and Fitness to Practise proceedings, providing clear guidance and robust representation throughout the process.
Healthcare Team – Leadership
The Healthcare team is led by Iain Pickering, Alison Harden and Neil Grant, who are Directors of the department.
The team encompasses a broad range of healthcare and regulatory specialisms including the defence of claims against the medical profession, the regulation of medical professionals and pharmacists, and Health and Social Care regulation, including the regulation of care homes and related commercial matters.
Together, the team provides a “one-stop shop” for the representation of healthcare professionals and care providers, combining legal expertise with a personal and pragmatic approach.
Partners within the healthcare team also lead specific areas of expertise
- Shelley Boyd – medical claims
- Molly Page – medical claims
- Brendan Costello – regulatory work
- Susan Hunneyball – pharmacy claims and regulation, NHS contracts and fitness to practise
Healthcare - The Claims Team
The claims team at Gordons Partnership is Ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500 for defendant clinical negligence and is nationally recognised for its technical excellence and extensive sector knowledge.
Maintaining a defendant-only focus ensures that advice is conflict-free and aligned with the needs of insurers, healthcare providers and the professionals they support.
Clients benefit from proactive communication, early strategic advice and comprehensive support throughout the life of a claim.
The team’s innovative structure allows it to offer preferential rates, volume discounts and loyalty bonuses, making it one of the most competitive clinical negligence teams in the market.
Acting in the defence of doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, the team has extensive experience handling every type of healthcare-related claim, including:
- High-value and complex claims (routinely valued in excess of £10 million)
- Catastrophic injury
- Delayed diagnosis
- Birth injuries
- Spinal injuries and Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Dental negligence
- Ophthalmology
- Fatal accident
- Multi-party claims
Why People Choose Gordons Partnership
Clients trust Gordons because we do more than provide legal answers, we give clarity in uncertainty and confidence in moments of doubt. These values guide everything we do.
People-first
We treat every client with respect and empathy.
Clarity always
We explain things simply, so you know where you stand.
Confidence through expertise
Our experienced team gives advice you can rely on.
Integrity in action
We do what we say, and we are transparent about costs and process.
Our Healthcare Team
We offer a free initial telephone consultation to all prospective clients. If you require advice on healthcare claims, regulatory matters or professional investigations, please do not hesitate to contact our healthcare team.
Speak to Our Healthcare Team
If you need advice on regulation, compliance, contracts, or any other matter affecting your health or social care services, our team is here to help. You will not be passed around or left in the dark, you will deal directly with lawyers who listen, explain, and act in your best interests.
Gordons Partnership, clarity and confidence in legal advice, from people you can trust.
Email Iain Pickering, Alison Harden, Neil Grant, Shelley Boyd, Molly Page, Brendan Costello or Susan Hunneyball to arrange a confidential conversation.
