Legal and Risk Services News Items

16/07/2026
Award-Winning Transformation for Legal and Risk Services

08/04/2026
Shortlisted for in-house Team of the Year in the Lexis Nexis Legal Awards 2026

31/12/2025
Staff Engagement Group raises money for two cancer charities supporting families

31/12/2025
Bron Briddle speaks at Professional Standards Authority Conference

18/12/2025
Successful meeting of the Clinical Negligence Lawyers' South Wales Networking Group

03/09/2025
Launching our new People & Culture Consultancy Service

FAQs

Q1. Who are Legal & Risk Services?

Established by the Welsh Government in 1996, the NWSSP Legal & Risk Services is a team of In-House lawyers employed within the NHS Wales. The lawyers provide legal advice on a wide range of matters.

Q2. Who funds Legal & Risk?

Legal work related to the investigation and management of clinical claims is funded from the budget for health services in Wales. Payment is made for other work by the Health body in Wales which required it.

Q3. Why is advice sought on an in-house basis rather than using external Solicitors?

The advice required and provided is highly specialised and often particular to the NHS in Wales making it beneficial to use specialist, cost effective in house service.