Make better decisions about the future of your diagnostic services.
We help healthcare organisations develop practical, evidence-based strategies that respond to changing demand, technology, workforce pressures and the increasing need for services to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
Diagnostic strategy increasingly extends beyond a single laboratory or organisation.
Networks, consolidation, new technology, workforce constraints and changing clinical pathways create difficult decisions about what services should look like, where they should be delivered and how organisations should work together.
The challenge is turning competing priorities into a strategy that is both ambitious and deliverable.
We bring together strategic thinking, operational experience and detailed analysis to develop plans grounded in how diagnostic services actually work.
We help organisations make complex decisions with greater confidence.
The result is clearer priorities, stronger business cases, better use of resources and an agreed route from strategic ambition to practical delivery.
We start by understanding the organisation's objectives, pressures and constraints.
We then combine evidence, operational insight and stakeholder engagement to assess the options and establish a practical way forward.
Our role isn't simply to produce a strategy document. It is to develop a strategy capable of being implemented.
“Pathology has been an ongoing programme for NHS England with limited success being achieved in the last 10 years. In 2016, Chris and his team were instrumental in the design and initiation of launching the new 29 Pathology networks. This project has injected much needed pace in our consolidation efforts and is making great progress nationally.”
David Wells
CEO – IBMS
NHS England and NHS Improvement
“When selecting our preferred pathology partner, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust was faced with the unique challenge of having to decide between different NHS network options outside our local care system and a local private provider. Chris’ unique understanding of Pathology laboratories, the London Pathology market and the NHSI national consolidation programme, helped us navigate through this difficult decision-making process. The highly commended work completed by him and his team has led to us …”
Ben Maguire
Head of Business Development
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
Whether you are developing a new strategy, reviewing service configuration or considering greater collaboration across a network, we can help establish where you need to get to and the best route to get there.