Health Infrastructure
Health infrastructure is key on the Government's agenda, pledging to build 48 new hospitals by 2030, committing to create a net zero NHS by 2040, providing funding to build new elective surgical hubs/units to provide elective recovery against the backlog in elective care and preparing for the expiry of Hospital PFIs.
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Our highly experienced multi-disciplined national team of healthcare infrastructure lawyers have a deep understanding and knowledge of the healthcare sector.
We support a wide range of public and private clients on the whole project lifecycle, from structuring contracts and procurements through to expiry and beyond, with advice in relation to specialist areas, such as procurement, property & development, construction, planning, commercial, corporate and regulatory.
Examples of the service areas covered by our Healthcare Infrastructure team include:
- PFI/PPP projects
- NHS LIFT schemes
- Strategic estate partnerships
- Facilities management contracts/outsourcing
- Design and build projects
- Estate rationalisation and transformation
- Corporate vehicles for healthcare projects
- Land and leasing
- Developer agreements
- Energy Infrastructure projects/power purchase agreements
- Supplier contracts and procurement
- Procurement, including procurement challenges, competition and state aid.
Featured experience
- Advising an NHS Foundation Trust on its infrastructure project to build a new hospital under the New Hospitals Programme (NHP), and providing advice to multiple NHS Trusts on the multi-party alliance based NHP Agreement
- Assisting an NHS Foundation Trust on the 'reset' of its operational PFI project relating to the PFI estate condition in preparation for PFI expiry and handback
- Advising an NHS Foundation Trust on its development of a new state-of-the-art pharmacy and sterile services facility using a forward funding model in conjunction with its strategic estates joint venture delivery partner
- Assisting an NHS Foundation Trust on a number of PFI variations relating to the reconfiguration and refurbishment works at its PFI hospital and associated services delivery
- Advising a number of NHS Trusts on their decarbonisation and energy efficiency projects under a range of delivery models, including the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme
Health and Social Care Real Estate
We provide a complete real estate service across the health and social care sector, for both public health bodies, NHS Foundation Trusts and private providers as well as to developers, investors and funders – both national and international.
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Health Procurement
With private and public sector budgets under increased scrutiny, value for money (VFM) has become the watchword for procurement.
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Corporate Health
We work with a wide range of businesses, nationally and internationally, across the health and social care sector, providing a comprehensive service across the whole spectrum of corporate transactions and advice.
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Commercial Health
The health and social care sector remains under great pressure to both generate efficiencies as well as adopt innovation, all while continuing to provide safe and high quality care. This means that informed, commercial decisions need to be made, often at pace, against a backdrop of complex frameworks, and within a highly regulated environment.
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Healthcare Litigation
We’re experts in resolving commercial disputes for a wide range of organisations in the health and social care sector.
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Public Law and Judicial Review
Our public law team is uniquely experienced in acting for public bodies on high-profile judicial reviews, and advisory work across the health and social care sector.
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Governance and Compliance in Healthcare
Working within our leading health and social care team, our governance experts specialise in helping health and social care organisations implement effective governance practices.
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”"Whenever there has been an issue, DAC Beachcroft has always provided relevant expertise from within the firm and promptly identified a resolution. I cannot recommend them highly enough."
Chambers UK 2024 Edition, Public Procurement, UK-Wide
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”"The team are very experienced and they're good communicators. They understand the issues well and are very responsive and reactive."
Chambers UK 2024 Edition, Public Procurement, UK-Wide
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Who we are
Why choose DAC Beachcroft?
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.
NHS
We offer market-leading, innovative, legal advice to enable the NHS to focus on delivering high-quality, safe patient care.
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Independent Health
Our award winning team is the leading provider of legal advice to the UK independent health and social care sector. We offer tailored solutions to help our clients deliver high-quality care.
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MedTech and Digital Health
Our market-leading team supports MedTech and digital health organisations, from ambitious innovators to established global listed companies, at various stages of their life cycle.
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Social Care
Our experts provide trusted legal advice to a wide range of organisations operating within the social care sector, supporting them to deliver safe care that will withstand legal, regulatory and public scrutiny, whilst also growing and developing their own organisation.
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Health Infrastructure
Our infrastructure and projects team is at the forefront of advising clients on strategic healthcare infrastructure projects.
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Mental Health
We provide specialist, practical and tailored legal advice for mental health service providers and commissioners, with a 24-hour accessible service.
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Health Charities and Not for Profit Providers
We’re passionate about the charity sector and have a deep understanding of the charity and not for profit regulatory environment as well as the wider health and social care sector.
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