http://www.actonshapiro.co.uken-gbMediaSterling ClickSimple™ http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Clients/default.aspx#83http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Clients/default.aspx#83 ADP Healthcare Anglesey Local Health Board Agencia Consulting Assura Group Benenden Healthcare Society Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council British Heart Foundation Bury PCT Bury South PCT Castle Point and Rochford PCT City and County of Swansea City of York Council Contact-a-Family Coventry City Council Craven, Harrogate and Rural District PCT CSED (Care Service Efficiency Delivery) [DH] Danum Medical Services Limited Doncaster PCTs Expert Patients Programme Flintshire County Council Foundatio ...Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:18:15 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#13http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#13 Chris Acton, Director, is an experienced NHS business consultant with a postgraduate qualification in Health Economics. His career began in the voluntary sector and he was an associate partner at a large GP practice in North Yorkshire, before moving on to form Acton Shapiro in 1996. Chris is involved in developing the Department of Health's Primary and Social Care Planning and Design Guidance website and specialises in giving management support to GP practices and developing Strategic Service D ...Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:11:13 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#86http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#86 Richard Banyard, Senior Consultant, has a Masters Degree in Health Services Management from the University of Leeds . Richard is an experienced health service manager with over 30 years in the NHS, over 10 years of which has been at Board level, including Chief Executive and various director positions. Richard has extensive operational, managerial and commissioning experience at all levels in the NHS and overseas. He is also experienced in teaching, conference presentations, examining and writi ...Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:03:27 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#21http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#21 Martin Baxter, Consultant, has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a postgraduate certificate in education with 10 years' experience teaching in secondary schools. In 1998 he was awarded a Masters Degree in Information Processing from the University of York. Martin has extensive experience of quantative data analysis, using Excel, Access and SPSS, and specialises in analysing healthcare data and the use of national data sets. He is also responsible for designing and maintaining the company's ...Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:58:37 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#18http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#18 Liz Newbronner, Director, has a Masters degree in Health and Social Services Management and over ten years' experience in NHS senior management. Liz has held a number of NHS management positions in mental health, community and older people's services, eventually becoming General Manager of Community and Priority Services for a large NHS Trust. Before joining Acton Shapiro in 1999, she worked for five years as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of York and continues to work with colleagu ...Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:52:17 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Partners/default.aspx#61http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Partners/default.aspx#61 One Medical is a professional developer in the healthcare market, building primary care premises from new GP surgeries and refurbishments to integrated care centres and community hospitals. Its approach is personable and flexible, offering access to a wealth of knowledge and experience, however big or small the premises needs. One Medical provides a dedicated Relationship Manager through the initial stages of funding and site finding, through design, planning, building and beyond, to deliver th ...Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:36:49 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#117http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#117 Joanne Bartlett, Assistant Consultant, holds a first class Honours degree in Management Studies with Design and Technology from the University of Leeds. She has experience of working within a Primary Care Trust setting, especially focusing on monitoring and reporting on activity within primary care contracts. Over the past few years Joanne has also been heavily involved in the implementation and reporting of the GP Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:18:02 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Health_Premises/Rotherham_PCT/default.aspx#91http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Health_Premises/Rotherham_PCT/default.aspx#91 Rotherham PCT intends to enter into a commercial Lease with a Pharmacy in the new Rotherham Community Health Centre which is located near the bus station in the town centre. This new Community Health Centre building will open in phases beginning in late autumn 2008. An important phase will occur in April 2009, when a new GP practice and walk-in service will open. The Primary Care Centre will be open 7 days a week, 8 am 9 pm, including most Bank Holidays. 24 hour Urgent Care Services will also b ...Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:27:42 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#104http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#104 David Deitz, Consultant, has a Masters degree in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine from Cambridge and undergraduate degrees in both Chemistry and Philosophy from the University of Arkansas, USA. Before joining Acton Shapiro, he spent six years performing ophthalmology outcomes research and has been published in both peer-edited journals and textbooks. As an undergraduate, his chemistry research in organometallic synthesis targeted the creation of compounds with anti-cancer properti ...Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:49 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#119http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#119 Chris Bartlett, Research Assistant, holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Reading. He has a diverse range of experience including having worked in the voluntary, banking and communications sectors. Chris has numeric, analytical, literary and research skills supplemented by extensive experience in project management and telephony. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:33:41 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Policies/default.aspx#85http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Policies/default.aspx#85 Confidentiality Environmental Policy Equal Opportunities Health and Safety Quality Assurance Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Newsletters/default.aspx#118http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Newsletters/default.aspx#118 Please click here . Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:24:05 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#99http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/default.aspx#99 Ruth Chamberlain, Senior Researcher, has a Masters Degree in Applied Social Studies, a Masters Degree in Women s Studies, a PGCE, a Diploma in Social Work and is a Registered Social Worker with the General Social Care Council. She has more than 15 years' experience in policy and planning in social services and the voluntary sector and has worked in local government as an equalities adviser. Ruth joined Acton Shapiro in May 2007 from her former post as Principal Officer for Physical and Sensory ...Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:15:46 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Publications__Briefing/default.aspx#113http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Publications__Briefing/default.aspx#113 Every year Acton Shapiro publishes a number of articles in magazines such as GP, Community Care and Health Service Journal but often these have to be shortened to fit the requirements of the magazine concerned. The links to the full versions are given below and the authors would be happy to talk to anyone who would like to get in touch. Health Social Care in the Community - January 2008 - authors Caroline Glendinning, Susan Clarke, Philippa Hare, Jane Maddison Liz Newbronner - Outcomes-Focused ...Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:07:00 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Publications__Briefing/default.aspx#114http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Publications__Briefing/default.aspx#114 For more information on the documents below, please email consultancy@actonshapiro.co.uk: Primary Care Access in the UK - 250 New GP Practices Health Centres Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:34:58 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/Associates/default.aspx#116http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/Associates/default.aspx#116 Following permanent posts in strategy and business planning at the RNIB, RNID and NSPCC, Jean has been a freelance consultant since 1999 and has combined project work with interim Director roles at The Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance, The Refugee Council and Groundwork UK. Jean has worked with a wide range of third sector organisations, including many large UK charities, such as Macmillan Cancer Support, Shelter and British Red Cross. Jean s multi-disciplinary approach covers most areas o ...Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:24:51 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/Associates/default.aspx#115http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/Associates/default.aspx#115 Meg Abdy works primarily in economic regeneration and voluntary sector policy. Much of her regeneration experience is in the North East, where she was Director of the Durham City Vision programme. She also managed the University of Durham Cultural Strategy, recommending a range of outreach services and facilities stretching far beyond the ivory tower into the regional community. For One NorthEast she co-wrote 'Home-Based Working in the Rural North East', which suggested radical new ways of supp ...Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:23:29 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Social_Enterprise/default.aspx#92http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Social_Enterprise/default.aspx#92 Social enterprises are dynamic organisations that are run along business lines but with a social purpose and where any profits are reinvested into the community or into service developments. A wide range of industries is involved in new social enterprises which integrate financial, social and environmental considerations, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. Encouraging social enterprise in health and social care is a key part of the government s ...Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:18:18 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Service_Evaluation/Health_Innovation/default.aspx#112http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/Service_Evaluation/Health_Innovation/default.aspx#112 NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology the Arts. Its mission is to transform the UK s capacity for innovation. It does this in three main ways: by working to build a more pervasive culture of innovation in this country by providing innovators with access to early stage capital by driving forward research into innovation, with a view to influencing policy. The HIA is testing a new approach to accelerating social innovation through the creation and support of start-up social vent ...Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:08:39 GMThttp://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/Associates/default.aspx#3http://www.actonshapiro.co.uk/Homepage/About_Us/Our_Team/Associates/default.aspx#3 Annette Given is a highly experienced Practice Manager. She has a BA (Hons) degree in Combined Business Studies and has had twenty years experience of management in the NHS and voluntary sector including eight years in general practice management. She specialises in training, project management and consultancy in primary care and is particularly interested in organisational and individual development. Annette is a full member of the Institute of Healthcare Management and is an assessor for the ...Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:17:37 GMT