“ We were impressed by their scientific approach and satisfied with the improvements in efficiency and costs that arose from the survey ”
Bryan Harty
Chief Executive
Blackrock Clinic

“ Radiology scanning capacity has increased by 25% to accommodate demand ”
Lily Byrnes
General Manager
Wexford Hospital

“ The team were very approachable and open to input from myself as the Clinical Director ”
Dr Ken Walsh
Perioperative Clinical Director
Cork University Hospital

“ As a direct result of the project we have seen a 22% increase in overall patient contact volume, which represents the highest reported activity numbers we have seen since our RiO system was installed ”
Professor Jonathan Warren
Director of Nursing
East London NHS Foundation Trust

“ In most services we have seen up to 50% improvements in patient facing time which is now consistent and still improving ”
Michelle Parker
Assistant Director
Provide

“ This has already resulted in more efficient working in theatre and will allow us in the future to plan our surgical services in a more productive manner ”
John G. Kennedy
Clinical Director
Perioperative Directorate
University Hospital Limerick

“ At the time of project close, utilisation of the inpatient occupational therapy group sessions had shown an increase of 15% utilisation, representing a 35% improvement against previous figures (the programme had set out to achieve a 20% improvement) ”
Professor Jonathan Warren
Director of Nursing
East London NHS Foundation Trust

“ The Meridian programme put in place controls and measures that highlighted to managers where the problems were so that corrective action could be taken ”
Steve Warburton
Director of Finance and Business Services
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

“ Exciting, informative, useful and challenging in equal measure. Most of all it has been worthwhile ”
Ms. Colette Cowan
Group Director of Nursing/Midwifery
Galway University Hospitals

“ I think the way in which you and your colleagues became 'embedded' in our staff while maintaining a separate objective voice was very effective ”
Tony Canavan
COO
Galway & Roscommon University Hospitals Group

“ We found the whole process a very useful experience which has enabled us to move forward on an important task ”
Dr Navina Evans
Director of Operations & Consultant Psychiatrist
East London NHS Foundation Trust

“ We increased the average number of patients per clinic across all specialties - in some specialties by over 30% ”
Alex Whitfield
Commercial Dir. / Operations Dir. for Medicine
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

“ The new ways of working were hardly rocket science but they were precisely what was required ”
Dr John Kitching
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

“ They bring an element of expertise that we did not have and helped short cut the process of delivering the changes we needed to increase productivity and improve patient experience ”
Russell Harrison
COO
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

“ Our current additional capacity sessions have reduced by 30% and productivity within baseline activity has increased significantly - totalling more than 110% of our investment during the life of the project ”
Steven Vaughan
Director of Operations & Performance
Uni. Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Found. Trust

“ The work identified efficiency savings which were delivered through supplier contract renegotiations, better stock and menu management ”
Paul Bond
Head of Estates and Facilities
Basingstoke & North Hampshire NHS Found. Trust