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Should I Purchase My Dental Surgery Premises Through a Self-Invested Personal Pension?

Monday, 20 March 2017

The decision whether to own or rent your premises depends on countless factors, and you may well have a strong opinion as to which is better for your practice.

Should I Purchase My Dental Surgery Premises Through a Self-Invested Personal Pension?

Articles & Blogs Healthcare Partnerships & LLPs

Cautionary Notes on Partnership Deeds

Monday, 20 March 2017

We know that many practices have a Partnership Deed “floating around” the surgery somewhere, although some are out of date and no longer fit for purpose.

Cautionary Notes on Partnership Deeds

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Facing a Court Case? What You May Need to Consider

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

We understand the importance of having alternative settlement options for pursuing or defending a legal case all the way to trial, the potential routes to achieving settlement as well as the non-court alternatives to settlement.

Facing a Court Case? What You May Need to Consider

Articles & Blogs Healthcare Real Estate

When Do You Need a Lease of Your Surgery?

Thursday, 02 March 2017

The question of when a GP partnership should put a lease of the surgery in place comes up frequently, usually where the makeup of the group of partners (or former partners) who own the surgery is not the same as the medical partners.

When Do You Need a Lease of Your Surgery?

Articles & Blogs Healthcare Partnerships & LLPs

The Pitfalls of a "Partnership at Will"

Thursday, 02 March 2017

We understand that it is important in having a well-drafted, effective and current Partnership Deed containing the basic necessary information to ensure the partnership operates smoothly.

The Pitfalls of a

Articles & Blogs Healthcare Real Estate

Third Party Occupiers Within GP Surgery Premises

Thursday, 02 March 2017

Letting out a room in your surgery can help generate income and improve the services available to patients. Many GPs, as well as other healthcare professionals do this frequently and there are important considerations to bear in mind before letting a TPO.

Third Party Occupiers Within GP Surgery Premises

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Case Update - Why Break Clauses Are Never Straightforward

Friday, 13 January 2017

Many leases contain break clauses and often these break clauses contain certain pre-conditions, which must be satisfied for the break to be validly exercised.

Case Update - Why Break Clauses Are Never Straightforward

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Addressing Performance Concerns With an Employee on Sickness Absence

Friday, 13 January 2017

It is not infrequent that a Practice's concerns about an employee's conduct or performance will overlap with a period of sickness absence.

Addressing Performance Concerns With an Employee on Sickness Absence

News Healthcare

Vote For Us - GP Awards 'Legal Service Provider of the Year' 2018

Thursday, 24 May 2018

Our VWV Healthcare team are thrilled to be nominated for the GP Awards 2018 'Legal Service Provider of the Year' and we need your support in voting for us.

Vote For Us - GP Awards 'Legal Service Provider of the Year' 2018

News Healthcare

Healthcare Professionals, the Leaders of Today - Another Successful Practice Manager Conference

Thursday, 26 October 2017

VWV's sold-out fourth annual Cardiff Practice Management Conference on 12 October was a great success with over 120 GPs and Practice Managers joining to hear about the latest in the healthcare sector across Wales.

Healthcare Professionals, the Leaders of Today - Another Successful Practice Manager Conference

Articles & Blogs Data Protection Healthcare Information Law

NHS Trust Fined £185,000 by ICO for Inadvertently Publishing the Sensitive Personal Data of its Employees

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

The Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust publishes its equality and diversity metrics annually on its website.

NHS Trust Fined £185,000 by ICO for Inadvertently Publishing the Sensitive Personal Data of its Employees

Articles & Blogs Data Protection Healthcare Information Law Pharma & Life Sciences

£180,000 Fine for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital After Patient Data Revealed

Tuesday, 07 June 2016

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £180,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

£180,000 Fine for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital After Patient Data Revealed

Articles & Blogs Healthcare Pharma & Life Sciences

Pharmacies in Primary Care

Wednesday, 06 April 2016

For many years there has been a basic division in primary healthcare.

Pharmacies in Primary Care

Articles & Blogs Healthcare

Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs)

Thursday, 31 March 2016

Entrepreneurial GPs have been looking at Vanguard care models for a while and a number of new models have emerged across the country

Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs)