Healthcare Conference

Andy is a Chartered Accountant who has worked with doctors for over 30 years. His portfolio roles cover training and support for a large GP community for Medics Money, a GP led company set up to help doctors take more control of their finances. He also is a partner in The Pow Thomas Partnership LLP, a practice providing hands on financial support to GP organisations and project support for advisors. Andy also advises the  AISMA board and liaises with key industry stakeholders.

Rachel has been advising GP practices for over 15 years.  She heads up the healthcare litigation team at VWV and routinely advises on partnership disputes, disputes with commissioners (including financial disputes and allegations of contractual breach), disputes with landlords (including disputes with CHP and NHS PS over service charges), judicial review, challenging the CQC, procurement challenges, fitness to practise / performers list action and general commercial litigation.

Rachel is part of a wider healthcare team at VWV which covers the whole range of services to primary care and includes experts on partnership agreements, mergers, property matters, employment issues, insolvency and tax.

Adam is a highly regarded chartered surveyor with expertise in the primary health care property sector. He acts for numerous GP practices as well as property developers, investors, banks and pharmacy operators. Much of his time is spent on the development of new medical centres but he also undertakes valuations, rent reviews and investment transactions.

Adam is often brought in to help find solutions to resolve property issues and partnership disputes within GP practices, pharmacies, and dentists. He provides advice to GP practices, landlords, NHS organisations as well as property developers. With professional pragmatism, he advises on various lease issues and valuation challenges.

Adam formed Primary Care Surveyors in 2009, with the aim of providing a high-quality service in this niche market.

Jimmy is a Tax Director at MHA specialising in indirect taxes. He recently joined the firm having spent several years working alongside a large healthcare accounting team. He has advised a wide variety of healthcare clients including incorporated and unincorporated PCNs, sole practitioner and partnership practices, limited liability practices, medical centres and dispensing practices. 

He advises on all aspects of VAT specific to the sector, including the liability of income to VAT, the operation and implementation of cost sharing groups, VAT recovery on costs, compliance with VAT and partial exemption issues.

Mike, who is a Chartered Certified Accountant and Head of Dental at UNW LLP, has over 10 years of experience in working with dental professionals. Mike has overall responsibility for over 500 practice clients and is actively involved in advising clients in respect of accounts, practice purchases/sales and restructuring. 

Alongside his dental accounting experience, Mike has a wealth of experience in NHS contracts, net pensionable earnings, tax affairs, exit strategies, and retirement planning. He is also a member of NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) and ASPD (Association of Specialist Providers to Dentistry) and regularly provides accounting and taxation updates to national specialist healthcare lenders. 

Mike is the editor of the quarterly NASDAL goodwill survey which analyses all member client practice sales, purchases and valuations.