Insights for GP Partnerships, Practices and PCNs

Do you need legal advice before mediation, a lawyer on the day, or both? Dr Clare Sieber explains the options and offers a practical checklist for GP partners.

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