
The William Fry Healthcare Services team works on a cross departmental basis, enabling us to provide specialist advices on a wide variety of issues to our diverse client base. Our clients include healthcare providers, health insurers, pharmacies, professionals and government agencies.
We advise healthcare professionals, institutions and indemnifiers on all aspects of their work in the public and private sectors. Our dedicated team of lawyers has vast experience in defending clinical negligence claims.
We specialise in advising healthcare clients, including representing doctors in respect of complaints to the Medical Council Fitness to Practice Inquiries. We represent healthcare professionals at Coroner’s Inquests.
We are experienced in availing effectively of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation and strive to ensure all dispute resolution issues for healthcare clients are dealt with professionally, promptly and confidentially. Reputation management is a key part of our expertise. Our lawyers bring years of media law experience to the healthcare sector, proactively dealing with reputational issues and engaging with the media for our clients when necessary.
We understand the needs and requirements of healthcare professionals and institutions and the regulatory framework in which they operate. Our broad client base includes world leaders in indemnifying medical, dental and veterinary claims. We advise doctors, dentists, hospitals, nurses, veterinarians, pharmacies and government agencies.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Defending negligence claims against doctors, hospitals, dentists and veterinarians
- Coroner’s Inquests
- Medical and Dental Council complaints
- Fitness to Practice Inquiries
- Clinical Risk Management
- Mental health, Capacity and Wardship
- HSE Inquiries