Healthcare

The healthcare sector team provides advice to a wide range of healthcare providers including GP and dental practices, pharmacies, medical centres, residential care homes, NHS Trusts including Trusts, Foundation Trusts, Integrated Care Boards and national bodies such as NHS Property Services and NHS England.

The support we provide NHS bodies ensures all property-related matters are dealt with in a sensitive manner.

How Napthens can help

The team excel at building long term relationships with you, so we understand the estates requirements and provide cost-effective advice.

It means we can support the delivery of health infrastructure projects using a multi-disciplinary team approach, from construction, procurement and other connected services.

Among the support we provide are areas including:

• Development projects, including the construction of new acute, community or mental health facilities
• Disposing of surplus estates of NHS Trusts through to handling various landlord and tenant issues
• Employment law advice and support ranging from advice on day-to-day HR matters through to performance management issues, disciplinary and grievance issues and defence of employment tribunal claims
• Interpretation of HBN00-08 Estatecode, the Premises Costs Directions and other technical health estate legislation and guidance
• Leasehold management, e.g. alteration projects, sub-lettings and assignments 
• Mergers and acquisitions of GP practices, partnerships agreements and corporate structures in the context of delivering new models of care
• New leases of clinical or non-clinical facilities
• Rights of light, access and other easement issues
• The creation and operation of wholly owned estates subsidiary companies
• Wills and estate planning for GPs