A host of national and regional firms have emerged as the big early winners on a major new NHS legal panel for London and the West Midlands, Legal Week has learned today (8 October).

Eversheds, DLA Piper, Hempsons, Bevan Brittan, Beachcroft and Browne Jacobson are all understood to have scooped multiple appointments on the various parts of the inaugural roster for the Healthcare Purchasing Consortium (HPC) and the London Procurement Programme (LPP).