Healthcare

Delivering tailored, bespoke support to every project, we work with frontline and support / back office teams to improve day to day operations that yield long term results and improve patient care.
Our expert team of healthcare consultants have worked across Primary, Secondary, Community and Mental Health care to deliver improvement that is tangible and sustainable.

Making health and social
care Lean

With the experience of creating national programmes such as ‘Productive Ward’ as well as the wider Productive Series, supporting front line operational improvement and delivering focused training designed to transfer our improvement knowledge to front line teams, the Develop Consulting team have the experience, capability and knowledge to support organisations across the UK and Europe. Through our unique and individually tailored consultancy approach, we support health and social care providers to adapt to increasingly challenging environments. Our range of solutions benefit different parts of the healthcare system and support the migration towards a more sustainable and accountable National Health Service.

Transforming Primary Care

In today’s challenging healthcare landscape, GP practices face unprecedented pressure to deliver more with limited resources. Our primary care expertise helps practices optimise their operations through:

  • Practice Level Support (PLS) – Expert facilitation to improve efficiency and patient experience
  • Demand & Capacity Optimisation Tool (DCOT) – Data-driven insights to transform how practices manage demand
  • Appropriate Appointments Online (AAOL) – Reducing signposting variation to ensure patients see the right clinician
  • Rota Tool – Streamlining clinical workforce scheduling to match demand with appropriate skills

Our work with thousands of practices across England has helped improve patient access, reduce administrative burden, and create more sustainable working environments for healthcare professionals.

Excellence in Secondary Care

Our secondary care transformation programmes build on our heritage with the successful Productive Ward initiative.

We help hospitals and acute trusts to:
  • Optimise patient flow and reduce delays in discharge
  • Improve theatre utilisation and efficiency
  • Enhance outpatient services through better scheduling and reduced DNAs
  • Implement effective ward management systems
  • Streamline diagnostic pathways to reduce waiting times

Working alongside clinical and operational teams, we deliver measurable improvements in quality, safety and efficiency whilst supporting staff wellbeing.

Integrated Care Solutions

As healthcare increasingly focuses on system-wide integration, our consultants work across organisational boundaries to:

  • Improve patient pathways between primary, community and secondary care
  • Support the development of effective multidisciplinary teams
  • Enhance communication between healthcare providers
  • Implement shared care protocols and processes
  • Develop system-wide performance metrics and improvement programmes

 

Does your organisation struggle with?

We work hand in hand with you and your team to develop and deliver bespoke solutions to your specific challenges, that embed and sustain for years to come:

  • Standardising work streams
  • Inefficient use of resources
  • Ineffective tracking systems
  • Inconsistent service delivery times
  • Duplication of effort
  • Lack of communication between departments
  • Project planning
  • Underutilised resource
  • Time-consuming rota creation and management
  • Inefficient staff allocation that doesn’t match patient demand
  • Difficulties balancing staff skills with service requirements
  • Inequitable distribution of planned and unplanned sessions

Our Healthcare Products

Develop Consulting offers a suite of proven tools and methodologies specifically designed for healthcare environments.Our products integrate seamlessly with our consultancy approach to create sustainable change:
Contact us today to discuss how our healthcare solutions can support your organisation’s improvement journey.

Healthcare projects

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