Health and life sciences

At Browne Jacobson, we provide legal advice across the full range of health and life sciences matters. With a team of healthcare and life sciences lawyers across our offices, we bring extensive experience from both the private and public sectors. We understand the fast-paced, highly regulated nature of the industry and are here to help you navigate it with confidence.

Our award-winning healthcare and life sciences lawyers includes specialists with clinical experience in areas such as genetics, genomics, and pharmaceuticals. This combination of legal and industry knowledge allows us to provide bespoke sector-specific advice tailored to your business's unique needs.

Why choose us?

Clients choose and stay with us because of our deep experience in health, social care, and life sciences. We take pride in delivering practical, straightforward advice while ensuring our legal services are accessible and easy to understand. Here, we make the complex simple, find creative and commercial solutions, and champion fairness - earning us our leading reputation and helping us build lasting client relationships.

As one of the largest health and life sciences legal teams in England, we support over 300 clients domestically and internationally, including NHS commissioners and regulators, universities and spinoffs, private healthcare providers, social care services, and businesses in the later living sector. So whether you're a small BioTech startup seeking IP guidance or an established healthcare provider requiring end-to-end solutions, you can rely on us to deliver legal advice that helps you achieve your goals.

Chambers and Partners 2023

"The team has been very responsive and provided clear and comprehensive advice."

Shared Insights

Forum

"Shared Insights is a monthly online forum which connects leaders and professionals from across the health and care sector to discuss the challenges you face and share learning, ideas and best practice."

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Maternity services

Resource hub

"Our hub for health trusts includes resources aimed at supporting quality improvement work already underway in maternity units across the country."

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Health and Care Connect

Training

"If you’re a decision maker in the independent health and care sector - whether you’re an operator, supplier, developer, investor, or advisor - our Health and Care Connect is for you."

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Abuse and social care claims

Access, funding and continuing healthcare

Ascensus: for in-house lawyers and business leaders

Banking and finance for health

Clinical negligence

Commercial and outsourcing for health

Corporate transactions for health

Disease

Dispute resolution and litigation

Equity capital markets

Health and social care disputes

Major incident response and management insurance

Property damage and business interruption

Public law

Real estate finance

Tax

Regulatory bodies in health and social care oversee and ensure the professionalism and competency of healthcare and social work professionals. For example, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulates various healthcare professionals, including therapists, scientists, and social workers in England.

Healthcare lawyers specialise in all legal matters related to healthcare. They may represent either healthcare providers such as NHS trusts, private hospitals, primary care and dentists in defence cases, or individuals who have suffered injuries or losses as claimants. We navigate complex healthcare regulations and legal frameworks to ensure fair resolutions for our healthcare provider clients.