In the press: Consultant Connect origin story
Oxford Mail: ‘Oxford tech company Consultant Connect helps NHS to reduce waiting lists.’ Read the coverage.
Consultant Connect Impact
We have published the most complete record of the impact of Enhanced Advice and Guidance on the NHS… Click here to get the report and to find out more.
Who we are
Because technology is useless if not used, our team handles everything in-house;
from set-up to communication and ongoing engagement with primary care clinicians and specialists in each area, removing this burden from NHS Healthcare areas, Hospitals, and Ambulance Trusts. We constantly monitor usage rates and opinions, and we can adapt the way the platform is used in any area based on this feedback.
Consultant Connect is a fully supported service, not just another initiative.
We hold a number of certifications, accreditations and frameworks. Click here to find out more.
Meet the team
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Great Place To Workâ„¢ Certified!
We’re proud to be a Great Place To Workâ„¢ certified company as well as ranking 26 / 100 for UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing – Small (20-50 employees). We’re now also ranked 25 / 100 for UK’s Best Workplaces for Women – Small (20-50 employees) alongside also being recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Healthcare. Consultant Connect was created to help people. This desire to help people is a key part of our culture. Everyone is happy with one another, from supporting new starters to sharing better ways of working and a constant desire to do things better. View our Great Place To Workâ„¢ profile here.
Leadership
Our Leadership team brings together professionals with backgrounds in medicine, consultancy, technology, governance, and health service provision. Together, they have decades of experience in using new technology to improve patient care and deliver organisational efficiency.
Jonathan Patrick
CEO
Jonathan first worked in Sales and Marketing at Procter & Gamble before qualifying as a lawyer with Magic Circle firm Freshfields. After that, he moved on to starting and running companies. Jonathan’s medical sector experience includes setting up JPen Medical, the first company to deliver medical equipment testing and calibration onsite at GP practices, and eSupplies Medical, a ground-breaking supplies company that uses technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the NHS.
Scott Welpton
CFO
Scott’s background is in banking, where his role specialised in structuring debt transactions to finance company acquisitions. After a period working at UBS in the city of London, Scott left to set up a socially responsible investment fund for early-stage companies in Oxford. Shortly after this, he co-founded eSupplies Medical with Jonathan Patrick, serving as joint COO and CFO of this ground-breaking medical supplies company, which uses technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the NHS.
Roger Tweedale
Chief Clinical Engagement Officer and Head of Governance
Roger started his career as a management consultant and chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen/Accenture before moving into corporate finance with KPMG’s healthcare team. After a stint as commercial director at a national care home provider, Roger became chief executive of what was then the UK’s largest GP Federation, comprising 100 GP practices. In this role, Roger worked closely with GPs and hospital consultants to build a sustainable organisation providing NHS clinical services from over 90 clinic locations.
Roger Ahn
Chief Product Officer
Roger brings tech product leadership to Consultant Connect. He started at McKinsey & Co in San Francisco before moving to the UK to serve in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. He moved into the tech sector by joining Betfair when it was just a single product company (today it has a £5b market cap). After driving international expansion and running a couple of products at Betfair, Roger has worked across Europe to build startups and new ventures.
Lucy Sammons
COO
Lucy started her career in Advertising and Marketing before moving onto Medical Communications and Management Consulting. Her experience spans a variety of sectors including retail, sport, FMCG, entertainment, healthcare and financial services – working across all channels. Lucy’s experience includes leading clients and teams both in the UK and globally – with a focus on driving client success through a consultative approach, operational excellence and adding value, and nurturing and growing strong client service teams.
Kat James
Director New Projects
Kat started her career in a consultancy in France before moving to M&A and later Marketing at the energy technology group Doosan in the UK. She then spent a large part of her career at information technology corporate Atos in Germany within Sales, Marketing and General Management.  Her experience includes strategy, transformation, portfolio management, partnering and joint ventures. Kat’s focus at Consultant Connect is to lead on new customer engagements and drive the international expansion.
Emma Berresford
Group Customer Success Director
Emma started her career in Advertising and Marketing, managing and driving large-scale projects for a number of large blue chip clients. Emma has worked across a variety of sectors, including retail, FMCG, Financial Services, and Healthcare, with a focus on customer/user experience and satisfaction. Emma’s experience includes client service and success, project implementation and management, and operational and strategic delivery of large-scale projects and teams.
Rae Workman
Group Customer Success Director
Rae started her career in Account Management within Medical Communications before moving into B2B marketing roles in the healthcare sector.
At Consultant Connect, Rae’s focus is working with the Account Management team to support our NHS partners through a consultative and collaborative approach, truly understanding their priorities and objectives to implement solutions to overcome local challenges.
Henry Maas
Head of New Initiatives
With a background in both Project and Account Management, Henry is experienced in implementing and supporting Consultant Connect projects across primary, secondary and community care. Henry has been responsible for Consultant Connect’s recent focus on photo messaging, supporting dermatology and other clinical specialties that benefit from safe and efficient clinical photography. Henry has also grown our National Consultant Network into a large group of consultant clinicians able to offer advice across a wide selection of clinical specialties.
Margaux Hargreaves
Head of Marketing and Communications
Margaux started her marketing career in a specialist brand language consultancy before gaining experience in the supply chain management and education sectors. At Consultant Connect, Margaux oversees all our marketing and communications activity, including this website, webinars, social media, traditional media, and PR.
Dr David Griffiths
Medical Director
In addition to being Medical Director at Consultant Connect, David is a portfolio GP working in a practice in Oxford and a specialist in improving the quality and safety of healthcare systems. David is the Clinical Lead for the Time to Care Programme and works with GP surgeries and Primary Care Networks through bespoke improvement support programmes. David was previously a Programme Director for the Oxford GP Training Scheme and worked as an advisor to NHS London’s primary care transformation team.
Dr Patrick Davey
Senior Medical Advisor
Patrick is a consultant cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital. As well as taking calls from Northants GPs, he also advises GPs around the country as part of our National Consultant Network. Patrick is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the John Radcliffe Oxford and has also held a wide variety of advisory and consultancy posts, including Training Program Director for General Medicine in the Southern East Midlands deanery. He is a board member of the British Cardiovascular Society and is passionate about improving outcomes for patients.
Dr Rabi Nambi
Senior Medical Advisor
Rabi has been a consultant dermatologist in Derby since 2005 and has more than 25 years of experience in Dermatology, working extensively in many hospitals up and down the UK. He has published in leading journals, authored chapters in Dermatology textbooks and even been quoted in leading national newspapers. Rabi works on our National Consultant Network, supporting NHS areas with Dermatology Advice & Guidance, and Referral Triage and waiting list Validation.
Account Management
Each Consultant Connect project has a dedicated Account Manager who takes a consultative approach, collaborating with key stakeholders to understand objectives, priorities and pressure points before developing a project strategy and implementing supporting tactics.
Stephen Lamb
Customer Success Manager
Dan Brown
Analytics Manager
Grace Jackson
Referral Triage and Governance Lead
Brogan Hunt
Account Manager
Bronwen Dunning
Account Manager
Celia Enderby
Account Manager
David Marsh
Account Manager
Hayley Kassam
Account Manager
Marija Tofts
Account Manager and New Solutions Implementation Lead
Nick Smith
Account Manager
Patrick Keys
Account Manager and Social Value Lead
Sophie Paddick
Account Manager
Chloe Bennington
Account Executive
Harriet Leslie
Account Executive and Governance Officer
Olivia Melling
Account Executive
Consultant Connect is a fully supported service, not just another initiative
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Our Client Communications and Marketing team work closely with teams across the business and our NHS partners, supporting our existing projects with local campaigns by delivering quality content to meet communication objectives, as well as producing a wide variety of engaging and relevant content to support our ongoing marketing efforts.
Our New Initiatives team works collaboratively with key NHS stakeholders to understand how our services can best support different healthcare areas’ local needs. They share insight and best practice from live projects. The team ensures they know what is already working well in local areas, including short- and long-term priorities to develop solutions to support local strategies.
Each project has a dedicated Account Manager who takes a consultative approach, collaborating with key stakeholders to understand objectives, priorities, and pressure points before developing a project strategy and implementing supporting tactics.
Our Leadership team brings together professionals with backgrounds in medicine, consultancy, technology, governance, and health service provision. Together, they have decades of experience in using new technology to improve patient care and deliver organisational efficiency.
Our Product Development team work closely with all teams across the business and our NHS partners, refining our existing offering and developing new flexible solutions to support areas with their key priorities.
Our Finance team handles all internal financial tasks and provides economic analysis to improve key business strategies.
Our Information Governance team is responsible for overseeing information management for the company and making information assets available to those who need it while ensuring compliance.
Our dedicated Reporting and Analytics team work closely with the Account Management team to support clients with reporting needs, curating bespoke reports with rich data, helping to identify and shape both project successes as well as areas of opportunities.
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Our Core Aims
Improve Patient Outcomes
Focus on Quality
Drive Innovation
Lead Change
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