About us

6th November 2025

Our Enabling Ethos

At the heart of our work is an enabling ethos, a commitment to collaborative, values-driven transformation that delivers meaningful and lasting impact. We work in partnership with clients, communities, and stakeholders to co-design inclusive, future-focused solutions.

We are proud to be a values-led public sector team within the NHS, guided by:

The Principles of Public Life
The NHS Constitution for England
NHS Values

Our internal team values – People Focus, Empowerment, Drive, and Integrity – shape how we work and what we deliver.

The NHS Transformation Unit (TU) is a specialist internal NHS consultancy team, dedicated to transforming health and care. Since 2015, we’ve partnered with clients across the NHS to deliver major change programmes that improve care and outcomes for people and communities. We empower change from within – we are by the NHS, for the NHS.

Originally established through governance arrangements in Greater Manchester, the TU initially supported NHS organisations across the region. Since 2017, we’ve expanded our reach, supporting health and care systems across England, Northern Ireland and Wales, including national-level programmes.

We are a team of experienced transformation professionals who make complex change simple. Our consultancy services are tailored to the unique needs of each client and programme, grounded in deep NHS knowledge and practical delivery expertise.

Our Commitments

Addressing health inequalities by considering population health needs through all our approaches

Adopting a collaborative co-design approach to change, working with stakeholders including patients and service users

Striving to improve the social and environmental impact and value of our work

Sharing our knowledge and skills with colleagues who work across the health and care sectors

Helping our clients to make, transparent, well-informed decisions in an open, accountable and responsible way

Creating innovative solutions including considering the potential for digital and technological innovation

Managing change well by balancing robust methodologies with political awareness, social impact and realism/pragmatism

Embedding continuous improvement and learning, underpinned by appropriate methodologies in quality and patient safety

Working across organisational boundaries to deliver the best possible solution for the populations we/our clients serve

Evaluating value for money to decide how to make the most effective, fair and sustainable use of finite resources

Our Foundations

As a values driven, public sector team working within the NHS, we adhere to the Principles of Public Life, the NHS Constitution for England, and NHS Values. Our team values of People Focus, Empower, Drive and Integrity align to these.

Our Offers

We provide a focused set of services structured around four core offers and four supporting offers, enabling us to deliver flexible, high-impact transformation support.

Core Offers

Supporting Offers

These offers reflect our commitment to delivering sustainable, high-value change that supports safe, high-quality, and reliable care.

Explore our full range of services: transformationunit.nhs.uk/services