Helping organisations deliver health and care service change projects.
We specialise in patient involvement and public consultation, strategic communications, and programme leadership support for complex health and care service change programmes.
Our team brings decades of experience working with system leaders and stakeholders to deliver service transformation successfully for the NHS and Public Health.
We’re now Olovus
After five successful years as Stand, we’ve changed our name.
We’re now Olovus – a name that reflects our commitment to involving all of us in delivering meaningful change in health and care.
What hasn’t changed is who we are. We are still the same expert team, with the same values, and the same focus to deliver NHS service transformation and public involvement for our clients.
Our unique Service Change Snakes and Ladders training is an interactive session which combines learning with game play
We can transform your team’s understanding of service change by exploring the process and pitfalls of real-life scenarios. Our board game makes the complex concepts of service change engaging and accessible, significantly enhancing staff readiness to deliver change.
Take a look at our training courses. If you need something tailored to your team’s needs, get in touch.
What our clients say
Gill Marsden
The expert support and advice from Olovus gave us confidence to make sure we secure the best possible outcome from the potential service change for our patients. It was an absolute pleasure to work with and learn from them.
Gill Marsden
Claire Malone
The need for reliable, accurate and engaging Covid-19 communications has been essential during the pandemic and we have certainly benefited from the expertise, dedication and tenacity of the Olovus team.
Claire Malone
Karen Coleman
Working with Olovus met our expectations. They were timely, professional, approachable advisors from day one to publication of the report – a pleasure to work alongside.
Karen Coleman
Neil Watson
The success of the programme in the North East and North Cumbria owes at least in part a huge amount to the commitment from Olovus.
Professor Neil Watson
Marie Purdue
The analysis and output reports Olovus provided gave us lots of really extensive and usable information that we know will help us make positive, practical differences straight away, and will be invaluable in setting our strategy for the next five years.
Marie Purdue
Andrea Carney
Olovus are a pleasure to work with – responsive, flexible and diligent, taking pride in their work.
Andrea Carney
Graham Johnston
With the support of Olovus, we were able to ensure fair and balanced involvement of local people.
Graham Johnston
Elliot Nichols
We’ve very much appreciated the can do, hands on deck attitude of the Olovus team, they have helped us develop improved ways of delivering engagement sharing their professional practice and experiences with us.
Elliot Nichols
Penny Davison
I have really enjoyed working with you. I appreciate how you listened to us and gave us expert advice.
