CareTech

Digital technology and AI are transforming social care. The sector faces unprecedented changes with the use of technology and data redefining access, quality and cost of care.

Our multidisciplinary team of lawyers combines the expertise of our technology sector with experts from our health and care sector who act for a range of care providers. This means we understand the challenges you face from the outset.

Whether you're a tech provider or are involved in providing social care (such as residential, nursing and domiciliary care services, children’s care and education services, mental health or other specialist care) we can help you collaborate effectively and support you to transform your business.

We provide the full range of legal services covering your digital care strategy, always with a focus on your objectives. Our specialist teams advise on a myriad of topics covering:

Procurement and contracts

Development and licensing of CareTech solutions from shared care records to AI and medtech as they relate to use in the care sector
Contracts for technology supplies or services
Managing or responding to a procurement process

Data and integration

Digital social care records
Collaboration and data sharing at national and neighbourhood level
Information governance compliance, including records of processing, privacy notices, data protection impact assessments, audit and privacy by design strategies
Improving interoperability and integration between technology products and systems

Disputes

Procurement challenges
Contract disputes
Cyber-security incidents, including managing mandatory notifications and regulatory investigations

We act for suppliers, care providers, and commissioners on a range of matters around the implementation and development of CareTech solutions.

Did you know?

Market leaders

Market leading lawyers across connected sectors including, MedTech, HealthTech, and university spin outs.

Chambers Directory

25 practice areas ranked in Band 1 and a record 121 lawyers mentioned

Legal experts

Charlotte Lewis is Co-Vice Chair of techUK’s Health and Social Care Council and Amanda Narkiewicz and David Hall sit on techUK’s social care working group.

Our lawyers

Our large team of specialist caretech and digital health lawyers offer you support in key areas such as commercial, IP, regulatory, corporate, IT and data protection.

What our clients say about us

“Very responsive and always take a risked based approach. Also they know the business so can provide specialist advice based on our organisation.”

Client Feedback

NHS client

“Mills & Reeve have always been prompt, professional and clear. This has been appreciated as our project has been a very complex one and has also been very urgent at times re: turnaround times. The team have always been polite and we have felt they have been an extension of our internal team.”

Client Feedback

“Mills & Reeve have an extremely good understanding of the health sector and can provide robust advice and support on complex matters without any problem.”

Chambers UK