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Our clients include a range of public sector bodies, eg. Local Authorities, Government Departments and Agencies, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service, Theatres, and the National Health Service.

Our work in the National Health Service is at all levels accross the four countries of the UK, including the Departments of Health, Health Authorities and Boards, and Primary Care Organisations and Hospital Trusts. We also work with specific staff groups and individual clinicians.

Our services for each organisation are specifically tailored to their particular needs. Examples of some of the services we provide include:

Workforce Planning Tools and Investment Programmes

• The National Pharmacy Workforce Planning Model and Investment Plan.
• Workforce plans for Hospitals, Primary Care Organisations, Clinical Networks and Partnership Organisations.
• Workforce plans for NHS Private Finance Initiative investment schemes.

Structured and Accredited Development Programmes

• The Who Cares? Programme (for Doctors, managers and finance specialists).
• The Organisational Development Practitioners Programme ( for development specialists, doctors and nurses).
• Commisioning and Health Investment Appraisal Programme (for commissioning specialists, GPs and nurses).

Organisational Development Programmes

• Reworking staff skill and grade-mixes, eg. in Cardiology, Rehabilitation Services, and for Elderly People Services.
• Developing new ways of working using care protocols to develop joint working across traditional boundaries such as clinical networks and health and social services.
• Developing new support worker roles and career pathways while realising the benefits of IT investments.

Bespoke Education and Training Programmes

• Bespoke taught programmes, some accredited, with CD-Rom training material.
• Tailored workshops and action learning sets to build staff's skills, e.g. conflict/negotiation skills.
• Small group-based computer and IT skills development workshops.

Applied Poicy Research and Development Programmes

• Labour market and education trends analysis.
• Policy Update Master Classes and Bespoke Stratgey Development Workshops.
• Policy Think-tanks/ “Away Days” for “Top” people.