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GP partnership mediation is not only about repairing working relationships. It can also help partners negotiate a clean, confidential and commercially workable exit when continuing together is no longer realistic.

The “green socks” clause gives GP partnerships a non-fault route out of an unworkable relationship, but it must be drafted clearly, used carefully, and handled with a realistic view of legal and reputational risk.

PCN disputes are rarely just administrative problems. Clare Sieber explores how trust, funding, governance, decision-making and shared purpose can make disputes between GP practices difficult to resolve.

Conflict is a routine part of general practice. Dr Clare Sieber explores how sessional GPs can use conflict style frameworks to choose when to engage, when to step back, and how to respond constructively.

Dr Clare Sieber discusses performance management in general practice, exploring feedback, team culture, and how to address concerns when a colleague is not pulling their weight.

Dr Clare Sieber challenges common mediation myths, exploring how mediation can offer a more constructive and practical approach to resolving disputes in general practice.

Dr Clare Sieber shares insights from her time on the General Practice Committee, exploring GP representation and what it means for leadership, governance, and communication in primary care.

Dr Clare Sieber recently joined RBP’s Accountancy on Prescription podcast to discuss the role of PCN dispute mediation in resolving governance and relationship challenges within Primary Care Networks. The episode explores mediation vs arbitration, de-escalation after legal involvement, and managing complex disputes in modern PCNs.

A partnership without a valid, signed partnership agreement will likely be operating as a ‘partnership at will’. This means that instead of working under terms agreed by the partners, the running of your practice is governed by the 1890 Partnership Act. ‘ We have made an active choice not to have a partnership agreement because we all get on fine together ’, is a phrase I often hear, but by choosing to have no partnership agreement, that partnership has - without realising -