The Primary Care Partnership Ltd specialises in primary care consultancy. We are committed to supporting and developing excellence in primary care and pride ourselves on building strong and lasting relationships with our clients.
The company was formally established in May 2011 as the successor organisation to the consultancy division of Acton Shapiro which was established by Chris Acton in 1996. The organisational structure has been put in place to meet the challenges of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, and to allow us to operate on the same principles as a social enterprise. A percentage of our net profits are given to charitable causes recommended to us by clients.
I’m an experienced NHS business consultant with a postgraduate qualification in Health Economics. My career started in the voluntary sector, and during the 1990 I was a non-medical partner at a large GP practice in North Yorkshire. In 1996 I formed Acton Shapiro Consultancy and Research and later the Primary Care Partnership with Joanne in 2011.
I’ve been involved in a wide range of research and consultancy projects including bid writing and tendering, contract implementation, business case development, performance audits and service development. I’ve worked with a wide range of healthcare commissioners and providers and my passion lies in supporting the development of high quality primary care services.
with a range of skills to meet the requirements of our clients. By drawing skills in and tailoring our team to meet the needs of the job, we are able to keep our overheads down and pass these savings on in the form of competitive day rates.
Having many years of experience within Primary care, we understand the diverse range of skills required. We have therefore developed a wide network of partners and associates with a range of skills to meet the requirements of our clients. By drawing skills in and tailoring our team to meet the needs of the job, we are able to keep our overheads down and pass these savings on in the form of competitive day rates.
Richard has extensive operational, managerial and commissioning experience at all levels in the NHS, as well as overseas. This includes more than 30 years in the NHS, over 10 years at Board level – including Chief Executive and various director positions including as LIFT Director and Director of Commissioning.
The Primary Care Partnership are committed to operating as a socially responsible business. We proudly work to the same principles as a social enterprise by reinvesting a proportion of our profits to charities which support our mission for positive change in healthcare.
Accomplish aims to bring relief to children who have physical or learning disabilities, and their familes.We provide support to local (African) organisations through grants and our initiative-support network.
which provides education and training for children with disabilities, and SADICH which is a special purpose facility to support the vocational training of children and th
Our clients include numerous GP Practices and NHS Trusts, Provider Company and Primary Care Organisations (PCOs), the Department of Health, multi- agency organisations, and national and local voluntary sector organisations. Our work recently has included:
Advising on unplanned care pathways and helping clients to bid for out-of-hours and urgent care contracts
Developing business cases for new premises for GP practices across the UK: we are currently working on projects in the Midlands and West Yorkshire
Preparing business plans, facilitating practice mergers, and advising on the development of GP federations/consortia/collaboratives
Our consultancy fees are highly competitive as we do not have the overheads of many of the larger firms working in primary healthcare.
Thank you very much indeed for all your efforts. Even if we are unsuccessful with the PCT, I feel your service has been worth every penny.
GP partner on Outline Business Case
I am really pleased with your professional, supportive work, which has provided great additional insight into the project.
