Who we are

Elision Health was founded in 2006. It is a for profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of patients and healthcare staff. At its core is the mission to radically transform healthcare delivery through enabling the rediscovery of lost values and the regeneration of clinical leadership, building on the principles of compassion, co-operation and inspiration.

Our goal is to create a great healthcare enterprise. One that is absolutely dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare for individual patients. One that has a reputation for genuinely and effectively supporting healthcare organisations as they advance standards of care.

It will be a unique endeavour. At a time when healthcare reform has come to be associated principally with cost, political agenda and regulation, our concern is people – the people who need care, and the people who deliver it. Issues of leadership and culture – both so often dismissed, and yet so fundamental and so universal – are central to our intention to initiate and support real change.

The leadership team

Anne Tofts
Head of Leadership Development and Organisational Change and Acting Chief Executive of Elision Health

Anne worked in the NHS for 23 years before moving to Healthskills, and now Elision Health. Anne currently works with Practice based Commissioners, Primary Care Trusts and SHAs on a range of assignments including Board, Strategy and Organisational Development. She has coached Non Executive Directors, Chief Executives and Chairs. Her specialist interests include clinical leadership, PEC development and partnership working. She has contributed to system reform and the development of new approaches to health care commissioning and practice.

Nigel Grinstead
Director, Care Delivery

Nigel has designed and facilitated organisation and team development programmes in health and local authority environments for over 15 years. He previously played a leading role in the turn round of one of the world’s favourite airlines, and, using this experience, has delivered similar programmes for PCTs other Trusts, and Local Authorities. He works in all aspects of primary care, being equally comfortable as project director for PCT implementation, or helping general practice resolve partnership and service delivery issues, or as working with Professional Executive Committees and the Board

Stephen Mackenney
Director, Elision Health Informatics

Stephen Mackenney graduated in law from Cambridge University and qualified as a barrister with a specialist interest in medico-legal issues. He joined the Department of Health in 1994 and developed national health service policy in health promotion, pharmacy, general medical services and finance. Latterly, he headed Clinical Quality and Patient Safety and was responsible for developing the current framework of healthcare standards in England. Stephen has also spent time working internationally with the European Commission and the WHO, developing a specialist interest in clinical governance and the quality of the “patient experience”.