{"id":63483,"date":"2025-10-06T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/63483\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:11:10","slug":"former-health-minister-stephen-donnelly-joins-healthcare-consultancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/63483\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Health Minister Stephen Donnelly joins healthcare consultancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The business is headquartered in the UK and has offices in the Middle East.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In a statement released by the healthcare firm it said that Donnelly\u2019s work on Ireland\u2019s public health service through Sl\u00e1intecare and the roll-out of eHealth is mirrored in goals of governments in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East, and will provide CF with \u201cunique insights directly applicable to any health system transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The former Fianna F\u00e1il TD was previously a founding member of the Social Democrats. He was health minister from 2020 to 2025 commented on the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cAs Minister for Health I had the honour of designing and leading a comprehensive healthcare transformation plan that moved beyond policy aspirations to deliver real results for patients, healthcare workers and taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to be joining the CF team and to continue working to improve health services in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Donnelly\u2019s work on immunisation through the roll-out of the RSV and HPV catch-up vaccines was also highlighted by the consultancy as a valuable asset.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">CF serve a large component of the healthcare sector in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The firm works with life science companies, health technology businesses and sector suppliers to improve healthcare, embed life science innovation and boost growth through investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">With access to UK healthcare data and specialist data science expertise, CF consultants aim to deliver a positive change and provide services in finance, performance, organisational improvement, data, digital and artificial intelligence, it said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former health minister Stephen Donnelly.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1aa8cd57-48b4-485c-9f75-47561f5f6304.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Former health minister Stephen Donnelly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Today&#8217;s News in 90 Seconds &#8211; October 6th <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Mr Donnelly\u2019s time in the Irish Government was key to the appointment and will bring this experience to the UK\u2019s sector, according to Hannah Farrar the chief executive officer of CF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cStephen brings something truly unique to our UK transformation work, direct experience designing and implementing the exact type of comprehensive national health system reform that the UK government is now prioritising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cStephen\u2019s time in office saw him deliver major improvements across waiting times, productivity, and patient outcomes, bringing with him invaluable strategic and operational insights and learnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">CF currently have a headquarters in London and also have an base in the Middle East in Riyadh and an office in Dubai. The company serves clients in the UK and across Europe and the Middle East, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The business is headquartered in the UK and has offices in the Middle East. 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