The Bevan Brittan Health team has been advising the NHS since its inception in 1948 and ranked as number one in Healthcare by Chambers since 1995. Over the last year, our 146-strong team has worked with more than a half of all Mental Health Trusts nationally, including 17 Foundation Trusts. Put simply, we understand the issues facing our clients better than any other law firm and provide a fast, efficient, value for money service that helps our Trust clients concentrate on providing top-class mental health services.
Providing a genuinely national (and increasingly international) service, there is nothing that can be thrown at our team that we haven’t seen before. Our approach is to work with staff, not make their lives more difficult - as one nurse wrote to our Chief Executive: “I would have no hesitation in recommending Bevan Brittan as a firm who do provide a service that goes that extra mile”. From inquests, consent to treatment, advice on HR policies, through to estate management and MH Tribunals, Bevan Brittan supports the efficient operational delivery of day-to-day Trust business. We help you to manage and even reduce your legal budget through transparent and fair pricing and, because of our extensive industry experience, can often help to spot possible cost improvements.
Bevan Brittan is the UK’s leading provider of advice to Mental Health Foundation Trusts, having helped over half of them achieve FT status using our uniquely successful “Foundation Trust Journey” process. Our team understand the very different pressures that face a Mental Health Trust from an Acute Trust, whether financial, reputational or patient led.
No other firm offers the breadth and depth of expertise in this specialist area. We have been actively involved in preparing NHS and public sector organisations for the impact of the new legislation on mental health and mental capacity. One of our consultants sits on the panel advising on the Mental Health Act (MHA) Commission’s reports, one of our partners sits as a first tierTribunal Judge and one of our associates was recently invited to sit as a Deputy Coroner. We have provided support to MH Trusts regarding corporate manslaughter, the Mental Capacity Act and the MHA. We support Trusts at Managers’ hearings, MHRTs, inquests, inquiries, regulator investigations & judicial review. We advise on: mental health legislation; MH tribunals; inquiries & inquests; capacity & treatment; detention & discharge.
We represented the Defendant in Savage –v- South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.