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We support clients across primary, acute, community, residential and social care including mental health, special education and children’s services. Our award winning healthcare team is well known for the innovative advice they offer on a wide range of healthcare matters from significant transactional advice to complex high value medical claims and healthcare regulatory advice, inward investment and NHS capital procurement, PFI’s, PPP’s and other healthcare outsourcings.

CMS are committed to driving development and growth in the sector and are members of key industry associations. We provide exceptional, tailored, expert and appropriately priced advice to a wide range of health and social care clients relying on our deep knowledge of the sector.

Long-standing clients include Nuffield Health, Spire Healthcare, NFA Group, Barchester Healthcare, Welltower, Care UK, HCA Healthcare, Primary Health Properties, General Optical Council, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Civitas Social Housing and BMI Healthcare.

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  • "CMS' multi-disciplinary practice is spread across multiple offices and offers 'strong expertise' in high-value M&A transactional advice, international inward investment and NHS capital procurement, PFIs and PPP and other healthcare outsourcings." - Legal 500, Healthcare
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    The equIP Collective | From Setbacks to Scale-ups: Navigating Start-up Challenges

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    07 Sep 2026

    CMS Skills For Future Facing Teams: Connecting across generations

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    08 Sep 2026

    2026 Insurance sector webinar programme

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    10 Sep 2026

    IP Insights webinar series 2026 - Autumn

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    11 Sep 2026

    The equIP Collective | Glasgow to Global: Expanding into International Markets

  • United Kingdom
    16 Sep 2026

    Anatomy of an Investigation

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    17 Sep 2026

    ERA Ready?

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    30 Sep 2026

    On the Pulse Webinar Series 2026 - Autumn

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    05 Oct 2026

    CMS Skills For Future Facing Teams: LaughABLE - achieving absurdly great results in challenging times

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    06 Oct 2026

    Powering CEE's Energy Future: Policy, Investment, Innovation

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    19 Oct 2026

    CMS Skills For Future Facing Teams: Navigating change in the workplace

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    09 Nov 2026

    CMS Skills For Future Facing Teams: Say it with stories

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    23 Nov 2026

    CMS Skills For Future Facing Teams: From fixed thinkers to growth thinkers

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    07 Dec 2026

    CMS Skills For Future Facing Teams: The negotiator’s toolkit

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