Passionate about good health

At Pathfinder Healthcare Developments CIC, we are passionate about good health.

We are breaking the mould in front line healthcare – designing and providing cutting edge services and then supporting others to do the same.

Our aim is to keep people healthy, motivating and empowering them to look after themselves with confidence. We don’t just pay lip-service to listening to local communities – we actually do it!

Based in the West Midlands, PHD is an award-winning  Community Interest Company, reinvesting our profits and assets for the public good.

Our clinical professionals and social entrepreneurs have growing international reputations for doing things differently and delivering innovation which gets results.  We are a health incubation company and a disruptive innovator, creating ‘game changing’ interventions in primary healthcare.

PHD is owned partly by Smethwick Medical Centre, a pioneering GP practice which uses innovation to perform well above national benchmark standards, and partly by the social entrepreneurs who run it.

"Prior to going to the group I felt very low, depressed, alone, thinking that it was just me dealing with issues like this. And I thought there was something wrong with me. The session was absolutely fantastic."

Patient talking about group consultations.

"Smethwick is quite a different practice. There's lots of effort and dedication to make it happen. There's been engagement of staff in the whole process - giving them the chance to change and develop."

Staff member on service change.

"We have started eating fish and white meat and a lot more fruit and vegetables. I've lost a stone and half in the last few months, and I've felt better for that."

Patient on health improvement.

"The project has shown the benefits of closeness between commissioners and providers in service development, recognising the often tortuous path to securing actual improvements for patients."

Prof Naomi Chambers, Manchester Business School, on service change involving PHD.

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