Legal advice for clinics and healthcare centres
In a clinic or a healthcare centre, a business and a clinical activity subject to very demanding regulation coexist at the same time. You manage staff with shifts and on-call duties, extremely sensitive health data, arrangements with insurers and the constant risk of a patient bringing a claim. Any of these fronts, poorly covered, can turn into a penalty, a claim or reputational damage that is hard to repair.
At BBM Abogados we have been supporting businesses and professionals in Santander and Cantabria since 1990. Our approach is clear: to protect the centre. We work preventively so that problems never arise and, when they do, we take on your defence with rigour. You can tell us about your case with no obligation or call us on 942 36 10 48.
Defence against claims and liability
Liability is the biggest concern for any centre. An adverse outcome, a complaint or a twisted interpretation of what happened can lead to a civil or public-liability claim against the clinic or the professional. Our job is to evidence that the care provided complied with the lex artis and the protocols, reviewing the medical record and the informed consent to dismantle the claim.
That defence begins long before the dispute. A well-drafted informed consent, clear protocols and an orderly medical record are the best evidence when someone brings a claim. That is why we combine defence against claims with earlier preventive work that drastically reduces your exposure.
Employment, data and contracts: the centre’s day to day
On the employment front, we manage the hiring of healthcare and support staff, the shift rotas, the on-call duties, sick leave and dismissals, in line with your centre’s collective agreement. A labour inspection or a claim for unfair dismissal can prove very costly if the documentation is not in order; our employment advice anticipates those risks.
On data protection, the medical record is special category information under the GDPR, and the penalties from the AEPD for poor safekeeping or defective consent are among the highest. We adapt your protocols as part of a bespoke compliance and data protection plan. And on the contractual front, we review your arrangements with insurers and suppliers to shore up your margin, as well as recovering unpaid debts from patients or companies when they arise.
Do you want to put your centre out of harm’s way before the problem appears? Write to us and we’ll study your case with no obligation.
