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We offer a full range of consulting and advisory services to clients in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Our team’s experience covers the following wide range of engagement types:

  • Service review and value-for-money studies
  • Service planning, target setting, performance monitoring and reporting
  • Healthcare service needs analysis and design of service configuration
  • Re-organisation and restructuring, including recruitment and selection support
  • Financial management and financial planning, modelling and projections
  • Capital projects and Private Finance Initiative/Public-Private Partnerships
  • Policy and programme evaluation
  • Information requirements specification
  • Data analysis, data definitions and data integration
  • ICT/Information Strategy development and implementation planning
  • ICT related Business Cases
  • Procurement, competition and market testing
  • Business process mapping and internal controls reviews
  • Risk management and governance
  • Quality management.

Engagements undertaken by our team in recent years have included the following (with a number of our published reports being downloadable from the web addresses listed):
  • Health Service Executive - review of acute hospital services in the Mid-West, report at
    http://www.hse.ie/eng/Publications/Hospitals/midwestreport.html
  • Big Lottery Fund (London) - evaluation of the Building Quality Childcare programme in Northern Ireland, report at http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/er_eval_bqc_report.pdf
  • Department of Finance - Value for money and policy review of Ordnance Survey Ireland, report at http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/reports/
    VFM.OSI.pdf
  • Health Service Executive- feasibility study on proposed reduction in nursing working hours, report at www.hse.ie/eng/About_the_HSE/Nursing_Services/Feasibility
    _Study.pdf
  • Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs / National Drugs Strategy Team – evaluation of 280 local substance misuse projects in Dublin/Cork, funded via Local Drugs Task Forces
  • Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (NI) – evaluation of the Participation Network
  • Northern Ireland Office – evaluation of the Youth Diversion Scheme operated by the Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • Dublin City Council – fleet optimization study and environmental audit



Elaine Brownlee appointed Director of Corporate Advisory Services in Horwath Bastow Charleton.
25 February 2009
Horwath Bastow Charleton one of Ireland’s chartered accountancy and business advisory practices, announced the appointment of Elaine Brownlee as Director of Corporate Advisory Services.[read on]

Shane McQuillan appointed Partner of Consulting Services in Horwath Bastow Charleton.
25 February 2009
Horwath Bastow Charleton one of Ireland’s leading chartered accountancy and business advisory practices, has announced the appointment of Shane McQuillan as Partner of Consulting Services, following the full integration of Horwath Consulting Ireland to the firm.[read on]



For further information about our Consulting Services department please contact:

Shane McQuillan
Partner
+353 1 676 0951
shane.mcquillan@hbc.ie


Elaine Brownlee
Director
+353 1 676 0951
elaine.brownlee@hbc.ie


Monday 6 September 2010
Marine House, Clanwilliam Court, Dublin 2, Ireland.
T +353 1 676 0951F +353 1 662 5105 E post@hbc.ie