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Healthcare consultancy contracts

UK public sector · 152 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
152
Last 12 months
Median contract
£127k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£138m
145 of 152 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
88
Suppliers
98

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most healthcare consultancy contracts took 22% of them (33 of 152).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter rose 73% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £127k, is 58% above the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 28, or 18% of the total.

Who buys healthcare consultancy

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership7 contracts
  2. 2NHS England5 contracts
  3. 3Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government5 contracts
  4. 4Devon County Council4 contracts
  5. 5Department of Health and Social Care4 contracts
  6. 6Lancashire County Council4 contracts
  7. 7Cardiff and Vale University Health Board4 contracts
  8. 8East Riding of Yorkshire Council4 contracts
  9. 9Lincolnshire County Council4 contracts
  10. 10Nottingham City Council4 contracts

Top healthcare consultancy contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1IMPOWER14 contracts
  2. 2NEWTON CONSULTING LIMITED5 contracts
  3. 3Bloom Procurement Services5 contracts
  4. 4Deloitte5 contracts
  5. 5Channel 3 Consulting4 contracts
  6. 6NAPC SERVICES LIMITED4 contracts
  7. 7Peopletoo Limited4 contracts
  8. 8PA Consulting3 contracts
  9. 9Social Care Institute for Excellence3 contracts
  10. 10Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

38Q4 2025*26Q1 202642Q2 202645Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 135 · Wales 14 · Scotland 2 · Northern Ireland 1

London28Yorkshire and The Humber24North West14Wales14East of England13East Midlands11South West8North East6West Midlands6South East4Scotland1Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated22

What is included

Sector-specialist consultancy that reviews, redesigns and improves adult social care, children's services and NHS systems: diagnostics, delivery models, improvement partners and integrated care system development.

  • Adult social care transformation and operating model
  • Children's services improvement partner
  • Early help and children's services review
  • Reviews of SEND and parenting support systems
  • NHS system diagnostic for mental health, learning disability and autism
  • Integrated care system development and system leadership support
  • Social care and health lots of consultancy frameworks

What is not included

  • Cross-council transformation (see Transformation, operating model and process improvement)
  • Care market and cost of care analysis (see Care market analysis and cost of care exercises)
  • Demand and capacity modelling (see Demand and capacity modelling)
  • Health and pharmaceutical needs assessments (see Health needs assessments and population health modelling)
  • Statutory safeguarding reviews (see Social Care)
  • Leadership training courses (see Education & Training)
  • Clinical services (see Healthcare)

Often bought by the same buyers