
One Year of Conway Consulting Group: The Numbers, the Lessons and the Honest Reflection
Year one of Conway Consulting Group, with the numbers behind it. What worked, what did not and what I got wrong about content in Allied Health.
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Independent commentary on reform, pricing, governance and the commercial realities of running a service.

Year one of Conway Consulting Group, with the numbers behind it. What worked, what did not and what I got wrong about content in Allied Health.

The Advisory Group report is the clearest view yet of how Thriving Kids will work. What it solves, how commissioning fits and what it means in practice.

Providers face the same constraints and get very different results. After a year working with leadership teams, this is the variable that explains the gap.

Graduate turnover gets blamed on resilience and generational attitudes. The real problem is how we design recruitment, supervision, flexibility and systems.

A year of hard advocacy has not shifted outcomes. Why that is, and how grounding the case in evidence and public value would make the next round land.

Seven frameworks I actually use with providers, and why I avoid cookie cutter models. Simple tools for clarity and better decisions in a fast changing sector.

Support needs assessments, the I-CAN tool and Thriving Kids will change report writing and service delivery. The risks to manage and where the opportunity sits.

The gold rush is over and the market has matured. Why quality and communication are the two levers smaller providers can still pull to grow.

An honest read on the pricing changes, how the sector is being perceived and why influencing reform means moving from emotion to strategy.

The 2025-26 price limits are confirmed and providers have two weeks. What to do now to protect revenue, adjust operations and prepare your team.

The 2024-25 Annual Pricing Review cuts therapy rates and travel claims. Real modelling of what that does to provider revenue, and the options for adapting.

Why planning gets skipped in a low margin, high regulation sector, and how to do it properly with OKRs, quarterly roadmaps and a plan you will actually use.
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