Incisive Health
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Incisive Health are a health policy and communications company, based in London and founded in 2013.
They have strong links with lobbyists MHP Communications, with the three founding partners all former members of the MHP healthcare team and many other staff once of MHP.
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Activities
According to their website Incisive offer services in:
- Campaigning | Clinical advocacy | Market access communications | Digital engagement | Media relations | Public affairs | Stakeholder engagement & mobilisation | Issues & crisis management | Policy analysis | Policy development & strategy | Reputation management | Risk analysis | Internal communications | Training | International policy marketing communications[1]
Political connections
As of Dec 2017, Incisive employed the following:
- Bill Morgan, founding partner. Former policy special adviser to Andrew Lansley at the UK Department of Health and member of lobbyists MHP Communications healthcare team.
- Richard Douglas; senior counsel. Douglas was finance chief in the Department of Health until May 2015. Described by Incisive as 'one of the most influential civil servants in the NHS’s history, he is widely respected in 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury and across government for his track record in controlling the £100 billion NHS budget for well over a decade.'[2]
- Prof Mike Richards; senior counsel. Richards is former Chief Inspector of Hospitals in the NHS.
- Caroline Gordon, account director. Former parliamentary advisor to Yvette Cooper MP and account director at lobbyists Connect Communications.[3]
- Agnes Brandt, previously worked in the European Parliament on health policy and EU regulatory matters.
- Christiane Kellner, consultant. Previously worked at the European Commission and the European Parliament.
- Toby Hannam, formerly worked in the parliamentary office of George Freeman MP, where he supported him in his role as Government Life Sciences Advisor.
Key people
As of Dec 2017:
- Mike Birtwistle, founding partner. Former member of lobbyists MHP Communications healthcare team.
- Sarah Winstone, founding partner. Former member of lobbyists MHP Communications healthcare team.
- Bill Morgan, see above.
- Richard Douglas, see above.
- Prof Mike Richards, see above.
- Francesca Scassellati Sforzolini
- Caroline Gordon, account director; see above.
- Ed McIntosh, account manager. Formerly in the government affairs department of Sanofi, where he attended meeting with MPs and briefed on policy documents.[4]
- Agnes Brandt, see above.
- Christiane Kellner, see above.
- Toby Hannam, see above
- Greg Manuel, account executive. Had previously worked for a Labour MP.
Former staff
- Ben Nunn, former account director. Political Advisor to Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from Sept 2017[5]
- Alexandra Earnshaw, account manager. Former account executive at Campbell Gentry and Hill and Knowlton.[6]
- Nadia Hill, account director. Formerly of Insight Consulting Group and MHP Communications health department.[7]
- Beth Hooper, account manager. Former senior parliamentary researcher at Policy Research Unit Limited in the House of Commons, where she had the responsibility of briefing Conservative MPs and peers on health policy issues in Parliament.[8]
- Jan Maly, health policy consultant. Former account manager at Insight Consulting Group.[9]
- Valeria Orezzi, account executive. Former campaign assistant to Tom Brake MP and account executive at Portcullis Public Affairs.[10]
APPC lobbying register
March 2016-May 2016
Amna Ahmad | Alice Bevan | Mike Birtwistle | Susannah Cleary | Lexi Cotoulas | Anna De | Richard Douglas | Alexandra Earnshaw | Caroline Gordon | Susie Hackett | Toby Hannam | Nadia Hill | Beth Hooper | Aalia Kazi | Christiane Kellner | Jan Maly | Greg Manuel | Edmund McIntosh | Bill Morgan | Valeria Orezzi | Chris Warren | Sarah Winstone [11]
December 2015-February 2016
Amna Ahmad | Mike Birtwistle | Susannah Cleary | Lexi Cotoulas | Anna DeRichard Douglas | Alexandra Earnshaw | Caroline Gordon | Toby Hannam | Nadia Hill | Beth Hooper | Aalia Kazi | Christiane Kellner | Jan Maly | Greg Manuel | Edmund McIntosh | Bill Morgan | Valeria Orezzi | Chris Warren | Sarah Winstone [12]
September 2015-November 2015
Amna Ahmad | Mike Birtwistle | Susannah Cleary | Alexandra Earnshaw | Caroline Gordon | Toby Hannam | Nadia Hill | Beth Hooper | Aalia Kazi | Christiane Kellner | Jan Maly | Greg Manuel | Edmund McIntosh | Bill Morgan | Ben Nun | Valeria Orezzi | Chris Warren | Sarah Winstone[13]
June 2015-August 2015
Mike Birtwistle | Alexandra Earnshaw | Caroline Gordon | Toby Hannam | Nadia Hill | Beth Hooper | Aalia Kazi | Christiane Kellner | Jan Maly | Greg Manuel | Edmund McIntosh | Bill Morgan | Ben Nunn | Valeria Orezzi | Nikita Vaghjiani | Sarah Winstone[14]
March 2015-May 2015
Andrew Bell | Mike Birtwistle | Alexandra Earnshaw | Caroline Gordon | Toby Hannam | Nadia Hill | Stephen Hoffman | Beth Hooper | Christiane Kellner | Kelly Maguire | Jan Maly Greg Manuel | Edmund McIntosh | Bill Morgan | Ben Nunn | Valeria Orezzi | Sarah Winstone[15]
Clients
Website
Circa 2015
Alzheimer's Society | Bayer | NHS England | Cancer Research UK | Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Health | Asthma UK | Sanofi | Roche | LEO Pharma | Beating Bowel Cancer | Norgine | Pharma Mar | Novartis | Macmillan Cancer Support | Rarer Cancers Foundation | General Medical Council | Cerner | Positively UK | Results with Lucy | NHS Partners Network | BIVDA | Pfizer | abbvie | Crohn's & Colitis UK | British Liver Trust | The Proprietary Association of Great Britain | MSD | 23andMe | Diabetes UK | End of Life Care Campaign | Gilead | Reed Elsevier | Global Lung Cancer Coalition | Alexion | AddAction[16]
Registrar of consultant lobbyists
Incisive Health registered in March 2015, and their listings from 2015 onward are listed below:
April - June 2016
Foundation for Liver Research | Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB) [17]
January - March 2016
AbbVie | Bayer | Foundation for Liver Research | Sanofi [18]
October - December 2015
23andMe | AbbVie | Addaction | Bayer | BIVDA | Sanofi [19]
July - September 2015
AbbVie | Bayer | Foundation for Liver Research | Macmillan Cancer Support | Rarer Cancers Foundation
April - June 2015
23andMe | Alexion | Bayer | Macmillan Cancer Support | Motor Neurone Disease Association | Sanofi
January 2015-March 2015
23andMe | Alexion | Cancer Research UK | Macmillan Cancer Support | Rarer Cancers Foundation | Sanofi
APPC lobbying register
March 2016-May 2016
23andMe | AbbVie | Addaction | Alexion | Allocate Software Ltd | Arthritis Research UK | Association of Medical Research Charities | Baxalta | Bayer | Beating Bowel Cancer | BIVDA | British Heart Foundation | British Society for Immunology | Celgene | End of Life Care Campaign | Foundation for Liver Research | General Medical Council | Gilead | Global Lung Cancer Coalition | Haemophilia Society | Hill Dickinson | LEO Pharma | Leonard Cheshire Disability | Macmillan Cancer Support | Merck Sharpe & Dohme | National Autism Project | NHS Partners Network | Norgine | Pfizer | Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative (POI) | Proprietary Association of Great Britain | Rarer Cancers Foundation | Results with Lucy | Roche | Sanofi | Vertex | Virgin Care Limited [11]
December 2015-February 2016
23andMe | AbbVie | Addaction | Alexion | Arthritis Research UK | Baxalta | Bayer | Beating Bowel Cancer | BIVDA | British Society for Immunology | Celgene | End of Life Care Campaign | Foundation for Liver Research | General Medical Council | Gilead | Global Lung Cancer Coalition | Haemophilia Society | Hill Dickinson | LEO Pharma | Leonard Cheshire Disability | Macmillan Cancer Support | Merck Sharpe & Dohme | NHS Clinical Commissioners | NHS Partners Network | Norgine | Pfizer | Proprietary Association of Great Britain | Rarer Cancers Foundation | Results with Lucy | Roche | Sanofi | Vertex | Virgin Care Limited [12]
September 2015-November 2015
23andMe | AbbVie | Addaction | Alexion | Bayer Healthcare | Beating Bowel Cancer | BIVDA | BSI | Cancer Research UK | Celgene | End of Life Care Campaign | Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health | Foundation for Liver Research | General Medical Council | Gilead | Global Lung Cancer Coalition | Haemophilia Society | LEO Pharma | Leonard Cheshire Disability Macmillan Cancer Support | MSD (Merck Sharpe & Dohme) | NHS Clinical Commissioners | NHS Partners Network | Norgine | Pfizer | PharmaMar | Rarer Cancers Foundation | Roche | Sanofi | Virgin Care Limited[20]
June 2015-August 2015
23andMe | AbbVie | Addaction | Alexion | Alzheimer's Society | Bayer Healthcare | Beating Bowel Cancer | BIVDA | Cancer Research UK | Celgene | Crohns and Colitis UK | UK End of Life Care Campaign | Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health | General Medical Council | Gilead | Global Lung Cancer Coalition | MSD (Merck Sharpe & Dohme) | MND Association | NHS Clinical Commissioners | NHS Partners Network | Norgine | Novartis | Pfizer | PharmaMar | Rarer Cancers Foundation | Roche | Sanofi [21]
March 2015-May 2015
23andMe | AbbVie | Addaction | Alexion | Alzheimer's Society | Asthma UK | Bayer Healthcare | Beating Bowel Cancer | BIVDA | Cancer Research UK | Celgene | Crohns and Colitis UK End of Life Care Campaign | Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health | General Medical Council | Gilead | Global Lung Cancer Coalition | LEO Pharma | Macmillan Cancer Support | MSD (Merck Sharpe & Dohme) | NHS Clinical Commissioners | NHS Partners Network | Norgine | Novartis | PAGB | Pfizer | PharmaMar | Rarer Cancers Foundation | Results with Lucy | Roche | Sanofi[22]
Contact
- Address: Incisive Health, 48 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NS
- Telephone: 020 3701 0425
- Email: info@incisivehealth.com
- Website: http://www.incisivehealth.com/
- Twitter: @incisivehealth
Notes
- ↑ Incisive Health Activities, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ People, Incisive Health website, accessed Dec 2017
- ↑ Linkedin Caroline Gordon, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Ed McIntosh, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Ben Nunn, accessed 25 July 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Alexandra Earnshaw, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Nadia Hill, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Beth Hooper, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Jan Maly, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Linkedin Valeria Orezzi, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Incisive Health staff Mar-May16, APPC, accessed 16 June 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Health Incisive Health staff, Register 1st December 2015-28th February 2016, APPC, accessed 11 April 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health APPG staff list Register Feb 16, APPC.org, accessed 23 February 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health client list Jun-Aug15 APPC.org, accessed 23 February 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health client list Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 23 February 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health Clients, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ 'Incisive Health profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 21 July 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health profile 2016, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 3 May 2016
- ↑ Register of Consultant Lobbyists Incisive Health, accessed 8 February 2016.
- ↑ Incisive Health APPG client list Register Feb 16, APPC.org, accessed 23 February 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health client list Jun-Aug15 APPC.org, accessed 23 February 2016
- ↑ Incisive Health client list Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 23 February 2016