Aged Care Outsourced Management
O’Connell Advisory has been providing outsourced management services to aged care groups and facilities for over 5 years. The services provided are tailored to each client, and can be provided on either a long term basis or interim basis to assist facilities through a turn around process or to cover a change of management.
Aged Care Performance Improvement and Advice
As an experienced operator of aged care facilities, O’Connell Advisory can readily assist independent operators with a range of sound and pragmatic advice. Generally clients require advice on how to improve the operating performance of their facilities. Other common advice includes assisting with decision making about upgrades and expansions, debt refinancing and advice on acquisitions and divestment of facilities.
Service Planning and Hospital Developments
O’Connell Advisory is recognised as the leading advisor to the public and private sector for infrastructure developments ranging from day surgeries through to tertiary referral hospitals. O’Connell has provided advice on some of NSW’s largest hospital developments. Advice required typically leverages our expertise in market assessments, clinical service planning and the development of financial projections using sophisticated models.
Analytics and Performance Improvement
A core capability of O’Connell Advisory is the analysis of issues and the development of solutions based on our extensive knowledge of the health, aged care, disability and affordable housing sectors and their respective funding models. Commonly this will involve the development of sophisticated models encompassing activity, staffing and financials to assist with the analysis of strategic options.
Medical Research Institutes and Research Funders
O’Connell has provided advice to numerous medical research institutes. O’Connell have also worked closely with the Office for Health and Medical Research to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of various grant schemes including MDF and MRSP. O’Connell has also assisted with the development of funding applications for new technologies.
Contestability and Public/Private Contracting
O’Connell believe that it is important that any service contracts do not compromise the quality of the service provided. O’Connell Advisory provides commercial advice to both the public system and private providers on contracts for a wide range corporate and clinical services. Advice commonly ranges from market soundings and procurement strategies through to assisting with the negotiation of the commercial terms of the final contract.
Strategy and Corporate Advice
O’Connell Advisory is a highly respected provider of a wide range of strategy and corporate advice from the development of strategies, commercial due diligence, securing of financing, negotiations and litigation support.
Policy Reviews and Program Evaluation
O’Connell has performed a number of policy reviews, scoping studies, program evaluations. We use a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis to produce evidenced based findings and practical improvement opportunity recommendations. Our approach tends to be highly consultative, particularly when clinicians are involved. We have also consulted with consumers (including people with disabilities) and all types of service providers.