About Us
Who We Are
Our company was formed in 2015 by health and social care consultants and we empower you to transform care delivery by providing expert guidance, innovative solutions, and bespoke support in complex issues. Our team comprises of health and social care professionals with varied experience and a shared commitment to making a difference to some of the complex issues encountered within your organisation. These are examined within the context of evidence based practice and statutory guidance. With decades of collective experience across various specialities, we bring a wealth of knowledge and fresh perspectives to every consultancy and educational service that we provide to you with the aim of tackling health inequalities that impact on people with varied backgrounds and needs.
What We Do
Our company is where health and social care consultancy and education meets expertise to drive care delivery for your organisation. We are proud to deliver high quality consultancy and educational services at governance, strategic, operational and frontline on safeguarding. This includes the interface between safeguarding, patient safety and dementia care. We also support you with the management of complex patients with mental health disorders, learning disabilities and/or autism within your organisation. We provide measurable tailored person centred approaches to support the unique needs of individuals involved.
Why We Do It
We believe that the innovative strategies and solutions that we have trialled and tested over the years will work within your organisation. We will work through collaborative partnerships with you and strive to address the diverse needs and challenges facing the people you support. We promote sustainability of services through changes in behaviours, optimise health and social care delivery, and enhance overall quality of life for individuals involved.
Our approach is rooted in thorough analysis at each level of your organisation from governance through to frontline with a key focus on leadership and the impact this has on care delivery. We delve deep into your organisation's challenges, opportunities, and goals to develop bespoke strategies that focus on sustainability of services. We don't just offer recommendations; we work alongside your teams to implement solutions that deliver positive outcomes for people supported by your organisation and staff.
meet The Team
Pat Hobson Director and Independent Nurse Consultant
Pat’s background is in nursing. She qualified as a mental health nurse in 1994 and a general nurse in 1996. Over the years, Pat has specialised in safeguarding, interface between patient safety and safeguarding, dementia care and clinical leadership. She is also a lecturer in nursing and an author. Pat has worked extensively in a variety of care settings and her career has taken her through many roles, from direct patient care as a nurse, to working as a clinical manager, then workforce development and education. She now supports organisations to implement robust systems and processes relating to safeguarding at all levels from governance through to frontline. Pat has always had a keen interest in safeguarding and developed her first course relating to this in 2007. This was delivered to a range of care settings within private and voluntary organisations. She moved into the healthcare sector in 2014, to support the implementation of the Care Act focusing mainly on adults, before moving into all age safeguarding where she continues to work and she specialises mainly at governance and strategic levels. She has recently started expanding her knowledge and experience to encompass safeguarding at an international level and is currently undertaking research into how different countries perceive and implement safeguarding within a 'Think family' context.
Pat’s journey in dementia commenced in 1994, when she started working within older people services and she went on to present at an international conference in dementia care. She has published a book about dementia. She continues working within the specialism and is currently writing a second book relating to dementia care with a focus on health inequalities and safeguarding.
Pat also works as an expert witness in nursing, safeguarding, dementia, MCA/DoLS and complex cases.
Mark Hobson Director and Independent Consultant Social Worker
Mark's background is as a social worker within Adult Mental Health, Community, Fostering, Childcare and Older Person Services. He is the lead researcher, and undertakes independent consultancy roles in social care issues. He has 24 years varied experience working within Older Persons services, Physical Disabilities, Children and Families and Adult Mental Health. He has worked as an Approved Mental Health Professional.
Mark has also worked within an acute hospital setting and his expertise is around the interface between health and social care and mitigating the social care issues and needs of complex cases, particularly where patients are sectioned under the mental health act within acute settings.
Mark has extensive theoretical and practical experience and knowledge in relation to the above specialties. He undertakes a range of independent social work services relating to adults and children with social care needs, which includes mental health, safeguarding, dementia care and complex needs. The consultancy aims to deliver services which are independent of any statutory, voluntary and public bodies. He also undertakes complex systematic reviews and research in social care issues.
Mark specialises in complex Mental Health Act and Care Act assessments.