Francis Group provides leading edge support to a wide range of organisations in the health and public sectors.  At the forefront of change, we advise our clients on developing strategies to meet new political and market conditions, and we assist clients to develop organisational capability and individual skills to implement innovative strategies for changing times.

 The nature of our engagements demonstrates the strategic level at which our consultants operate. These engagements demonstrate that we:

• Are able to provide clear strategic advice – spanning operational management needs through to central agency management, and governance needs of Boards and Ministers.
• Have a record of effective engagement with health providers – having worked extensively in the primary and public hospital sectors in New Zealand and the UK.
• Like to work in a team – as long term management consultants committed to the public sector we routinely work with multidisciplinary professional teams.
• Are aware of the current issues that affect the health and public sectors – through the knowledge of our consultants, our recent assignments internationally and though strategic alliances with leading think-tanks and researchers.
• Have a proven record of getting results – as one of the largest and fastest-growing specialist health and public sector consulting practices in New Zealand.

 We are presently working with our clients in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia on the following areas of leading practice:

• Integrated care – collaborative models of care between primary and secondary services and Health and Wellbeing Boards
• Pathology services – rationalisation of pathology services into shared service hubs
• Institutional arrangements – independent support for mergers, integration, shared services, Foundation Trust applications
• Internal improvement capability – strengthening improvement portfolio management with enterprise-wide statistical process control tools
• GP commissioning and collaboration – governance, systems and processes

Read here for some examples of our Think  Design and Implement engagements.

Our clients

New Zealand:  Accident Compensation Corporation, Auckland City Council, Buller District Council, Compass Wellington Health Trust, Council of Ambulance Authorities (Australia, NZ, PNG), Creative New Zealand, Department of Conservation, Department of Labour, District Health Boards (Counties Manukau, Lakes, Hawke’s Bay, MidCentral, Capital and Coast, Canterbury, South Canterbury, West Coast), DHBNZ, Grow Wellington, Health Quality and Safety Commission, Hutt City Council, Institute of Directors, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, National Health IT Board, NZ Aged Care Association, NZ Council of Medical Colleges, NZ Medical Association, NZ Transport Agency, Pacific Trust Canterbury, St John, Statistics New Zealand, Student Job Search, Te Hononga O Tāmaki Me Hoturoa, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, Tertiary Education Commission, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Upper Hutt City Council, Wellington City Council, Wellington Free Ambulance

United Kingdom: Bedford Borough Partnership, Bromley Primary Care Trust, Darlington Borough Council, Department of Health – Health Care Associated Infections and Cleanliness Division, Department for Environment, Food & Rural, East One Health & Cable Street Surgeries, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Learning and Skills Improvement Service, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire County Council, Sheffield Children’s Hospital,  The Highway Network – GP Practice Network Tower Hamlets London, The Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust, The Tower Hamlets Practice Based Commissioning Executive, University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, White Consultants Ltd