Oakleigh commissioned by NHS Plymouth

Oakleigh consultants have completed a Business Case for the replacement of the Patient Administration System at NHS Plymouth. NHS Plymouth is one of a very small number of combined mental health and community trusts, and one of the few whose boundaries are co-terminous with the local authority.

NHS Plymouth's current clinical system covers Mental Health, Adults and Older People, Learning Disabilities and Children’s and Families services (AOP/CF), with the geography of the South Devon area, placing a premium on closer ties with the local authority, especially social services.

'NHS Plymouth had failed for a whole variety of reasons to put together a comprehensive and coherent business case around a critical part of its operation for sometime. Once the organisation engaged with Oakleigh Consulting we managed together to turn around the business case in a very short period of time. In my opinion the resultant document allowed the organisation to make a crucial decision in an informed manner and served to inform all of the board of the issues and detail involved. I found their consultants very effective, they managed to grasp the complexity of the organisational requirements in very short period of time'

Robert Austin - Asst. Dir. Business Intelligence and Information NHS Plymouth