Conor Ellis Director
His global experience brings transferable best practice from many years of consultancy in 32 countries including many of the largest and most complex projects with a value of some €30+billion. Prior to moving into consultancy, Conor worked for several years in operational and strategic management healthcare roles which reinforces his knowledge of healthcare efficiency, design and strategy through to operational commissioning to audit, diligence reporting and expert witness roles.
He has led the work on several award-winning hospital projects, with his team twice winning technical advisor of the year and also best designed healthcare facility for Newcastle Hospitals . This has included multiple specialist complexes like Oncology. ICU, Neurosciences and University Academic complexes. He is also one of the authors of the NHS playbook governance on facility design. He delivered one of the 1st digital theater complexes nearly 20 years ago, the 1st Elective care centers in 2005, and the 1st 100% single hospital design and has always been at the forefront of both system and digital innovation. He has contributed to many national and international toolkits in the UK, Middle East and Ireland.
He has advised the UAE Ministry of Health, Qatar Ministry of Health, UK DH, UK Treasury and Government Property Unit on improving health efficiency, particularly the use of assets, and has delivered lectures and articles on the subject worldwide. He is the lead author of several reports on improving healthcare outcomes with significant international media coverage.
His projects have included many of Europe’s largest and complex including Karolinska Sweden, UCLH, UHB, St James Dublin, Manchester Hospitals, Newcastle Hospitals and UHNM, St Helens, South Manchester elective care, West Birmingham Treatment center, projects in Canada, Australia, Germany and the Middle East. Conor led the Hamad Medical City team undertaking all facets of health delivery of a new campus site to operation.
Additionally he has worked on more than 50 major community hubs and several Elective care centers involving multiple stakeholders and geographies. Some recent commissions include Roscommon Healthcare,Portincula Hospital, Mid Cheshire Hospitals and Tallaght University Hospital DCP.
Aidan Uniake Associate Director
Aidan has worked upon health planning for major client accounts in the healthcare sector. His skillset is specialized in conducting comprehensive strategic reviews, leading quality and process improvement initiatives> Aidan has a particular niche in designing target operating models that drive efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare organizations. With a proven track record of success at all stages of stakeholder engagement to operation, Aidan has consistently delivered projects that enhance operational performance and improve patient outcomes.across Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
His expertise includes:
Operational and Clinical Pathway Optimization: Collaborating with healthcare providers to streamline clinical processes, optimize patient flows, and improve service delivery across diverse environments.
Stakeholder Engagement: Leading comprehensive engagement programs with clinical and non-clinical teams to gather insights, align strategic objectives, and facilitate smooth transitions during large-scale transformations.
•Healthcare Facility Master Planning: Developing long-term strategies for healthcare and hospital expansions and new and refurbished facilities , ensuring these are future-ready and aligned with evolving healthcare demands.
•Functional Content and Space Planning: Reviewing and refining functional content for healthcare projects, including detailed Schedules of Accommodation (SOA) ensuring standardization for efficiency and future flexibility.
Aidan has worked with Conor on several Uk, Canadian and Irish projects including British Columbia, Mid Cheshire and University Hospitals in Dublin, Cork and the Mid West Region of Ireland.
Guy Hamilton Analyst
Guy is a consultant with 26 years’ experience of leading analytics projects within the NHS and abroad, grounded by 4 years as a senior manager in an acute hospital. He is a proven all-round problem solver with formidable analytical skills.
His key areas of focus include activity and capacity modeling solutions, population health management, service reconfiguration modeling, drive time modeling and mapping, demand management and performance , demographics, service reviews, option appraisals, risk and sensitivity analysis, scenario modeling, admissions avoidance benchmarking, waiting list modeling, data mining (SQL,excel, Access and specialist software).
In Ireland his work has included various whole hospital activity and capacity planning models produced to forecast future capacity requirements in detail covering inpatients, Endoscopy, Cardiac, OPD, Daycase, Theaters, ICU and rehabilitation. He has worked with hospitals in Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Clonmel and Dublin.
In the UK his scheme list includes Mid Cheshire, North Manchester, Portsmouth, Worcester, St Helens UHNM, & Newcastle, including sophisticated models to map acuity and arrival distribution. Other notable projects include St Georges in London, Manchester, Bolton, Leighton, Dorset, Somerset, Salisbury & several others both in the Uk and countries like Moldova, Turkey and Oman.
He has completed whole system activity and capacity planning for major development projects such as Mid Yorkshire, St Helens & Knowsley, Central Manchester, Epsom & St Helier. He is one of the exclusive group to model the impact of COVID. Guy has worked with Conor for more than 25 years bringing clarity and optimum delivery methods to demand and capacity reviews in many countries.
Cian Walkington-Ellis Consultant
Cian began his career in Health Planning in 2021 after graduating with 1st class Honors. His experience covers support roles in healthcare planning and project management support, stakeholder engagement, estate master planning, design interfaces, business case writing, schedules of accommodation and clinical engagement. Prior to 2021, Cian also did a secondment in New Zealand healthcare.
His experience covers projects from single NHS and HSE organizations to national funded programs and international hospitals. Cian reported on national programs via weekly flash reports for NHS NHP and for the HSE Elective programme.
His projects include a diverse range from Sheffield Children’s Hospital state of the art Educational facility to major long term DCP plans for Cork University Hospitals, Waterford Hospital, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Redevelopment Programme ,British Columbia, Greater Glasgow and Clyde whole system reconfiguration .
At HPD Cian has worked on projects in the Uk and Ireland including London, Tallaght University Hospital, Roscommon and Portincula,
Geof Beasley Associate Business Cases & Health Facility Planning
Geof is a specialist health planner with expertise across public and private healthcare, combining clinical planning, project management, and architectural insight. Geof has significant experience in many fields over the past 25 years in healthcare, including many of the largest UK Trusts.
He has led projects from strategic stages through to operational commissioning, with a focus on models of care, clinical briefs, and schedules of accommodation.
Geof also delivers estate strategies, masterplans, and surveys. A qualified HMT Five Case Model Practitioner, he brings deep experience across acute, primary, and mental health care environments. Conor and colleagues have worked with Geof on a range of successful projects including Mid Cheshire Hospitals.