Our Independent Healthcare Team is dedicated to providing your business with the right advice to achieve your goals and protect your business.
The Team understands the unique challenges that independent healthcare businesses and professionals face in today’s complex and rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
Our lawyers work seamlessly across the social, medical and other specialist care services sector to bring the best in innovative, practical and commercial legal advice.
The Team supports and advises care home operators, domiciliary care providers, care villages, children’s homes, care services, learning and development providers and day care in social care, dentists, opticians, audiologists, private GP surgeries and pharmacists in medical care and medical supplies manufacturers, recruitment agencies, physiotherapy practices, osteopathy practices and other alternative specialist care providers.
Our approach is based on gaining a deep understanding of your business, the key strategic objectives and any challenges you may face to provide comprehensive legal support tailored to your specific needs.
Key Clients
Birketts provided clear, commercially focused advice throughout the acquisition process and demonstrated a strong understanding of the independent healthcare landscape. The team’s coordinated corporate and property expertise was invaluable in ensuring a smooth transaction, allowing us to focus on our priority of delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality care for residents.
Nitesh Somani, CEO and Founder of Kara Healthcare Limited
Independent Healthcare Insights
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Sponsor licence revocations in the care sector: understanding the Home Office crackdownlegal updateSponsor licence revocations in the care sector: understanding the Home Office crackdown
Sara-Michelle Colvin5 Mar 2026 -
Lessons for independent healthcare providers: importance of compliancelegal updateLessons for independent healthcare providers: importance of compliance
Julie Gowland, Millie Smith9 Dec 2025 -
Compassion or crime? The legal dangers of assisted dying supportlegal updateCompassion or crime? The legal dangers of assisted dying support
Julie Gowland, Barny Croft20 Nov 2025 -
Care worker visa route to be abolishedlegal updateCare worker visa route to be abolished
Sara-Michelle Colvin, Sacha Wooldridge20 May 2025 -
Over half of care workers are being paid below the National Living Wagelegal updateOver half of care workers are being paid below the National Living Wage
Rebecca Hughes10 Apr 2025
