Health & Care

Regulatory expectations are rising, and providers face closer scrutiny from the CQC, CIW and the Health and Safety Executive. If you are dealing with enforcement action, planning a registration, or responding to an inspection outcome, our team offers practical direction grounded in experience. This includes challenges to draft or published reports, statutory reporting, safeguarding inquiries and investigations by regulators or local authorities.

We also support you with emerging regulation and compliance strategies, including specialist advice from our CQC compliance solicitors and wider care regulatory compliance team.

Our lawyers work with boards and operational teams to build practical compliance strategies, so regulation is managed day-to-day rather than only when problems arise.

Whether you are acquiring a single home or disposing of a multi-site portfolio, we bring together corporate, commercial property, regulatory and employment expertise to ensure transactions progress smoothly. We assist with share and asset purchases, mergers and transfers of going concern, including transactions involving extra care, retirement living, supported living, village models and step-down care.

If you are considering a transaction, we help you understand the regulatory and operational implications from the outset. Our experience in care home acquisitions and mergers ensures decisions are informed, risks are managed and timelines remain realistic.

Workforce issues can shape both operational stability and regulatory outcomes. If you are managing a restructure, responding to safeguarding concerns or navigating pay and immigration developments, we provide clear, confident employment advice tailored to the care sector.

We act for national care providers on Working Time Regulations, National Minimum Wage compliance, DBS processes, disciplinary matters and employment law for care providers more broadly. We also guide clients through TUPE transfers in health and care, particularly during contract changes, service retenders or the sale or purchase of care homes.

Resident issues often raise complex questions around capacity, safeguarding, equality and human rights. We help providers balance these considerations while keeping residents’ interests central.

Our work includes advice on occupancy and tenancy issues, care planning and documentation, resident management legal support, and disputes in specialist accommodation. We focus on proportionate, practical outcomes that support safe and sustainable services

Inquests and safeguarding procedures can be demanding and time-critical. We guide providers through each stage - from early evidence gathering to representation at hearings - ensuring responses remain consistent, informed and aligned with regulatory duties. If you are involved in an inquest or review, our team offers steady, experienced direction, as well as coroner’s inquests legal support for care providers.

Throughout, we focus on learning, risk management and regulatory alignment, so organisations can move forward with clarity.

Health & safety obligations are integral to running safe, compliant services. If you identify an issue - or want to strengthen internal controls - we advise on commercial property compliance, fire and gas safety, investigations and Board reporting. Our team provides clear, structured guidance on your duties and how to meet them, supported by specialist health and safety legal advice for care homes.

We advise on a broad range of commercial contracts, including services agreements, care contracts and IT contracts.

Our Procurement team provides clear, practical and commercially grounded advice on all aspects of public procurement law and practice. Our Data Protection & Information Law team helps organisations handle personal data and information requests with confidence.