The ‘trusted, insightful’ Patrick Parkin leads the Bristol-based group at Burges Salmon LLP, which handles all manner of NHS procurement matters, civil and administrative healthcare disputes, and regulatory issues within the healthcare and life sciences sector. Parkin primarily acts for health tech companies and healthcare industry bodies, and Richard Binns is a key name for both government and private health and social care providers in both procurement and commercial cases. Lucy Pegler is well-known for her strong focus on tech within healthcare, advising on a range of outsourcings, software licensing, and tech procurement, while Rory Trust handles a broad range of contractual and regulatory issues within healthcare projects.
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‘The team has broad sector knowledge and provides practical, solution-focused, well-presented advice.’
‘Patrick Parkin is a trusted, insightful advisor. He really seems to understand our business and the wider sector. He is always quick to respond and delivers helpful advice within time and budget.’
Key clients
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS Shared Business Services
- UK Research & Innovation
- Innovate UK
- Cytomos Limited
- Neurochase Laboratories Limited
- Somerset Care Limited
- Telstra Health
- Cumulus Oncology
- Eucalyptus
- Optegra Eye Healthcare
- UK Health Security Agency
- Psychiatry UK
- Spire Healthcare
- STERIS
- HCRG Care
- Ludlow Street Healthcare Group
- Primary Eyecare Services
Work highlights
- Advised Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust on its provision of training and consultancy services in relation to a new cardiology hospital in the Middle East.
- Advising UKRI / Innovate UK on the establishment of a £30m funding programme, PACE, to fund research in antimicrobial resistance.
- Advising Somerset Care on the sale of Inver House residential care home and integrated retirement community (Langham Court) to the Hartford Care group.
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Patrick Parkin