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| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Commended |
| Innovation | M&A-style due diligence for the National Health Service. |
| Originality | 4 |
| Rationale | 6 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 16 |
| Description | Bringing corporate rigour to due diligence in the NHS, the firm can claim credit for streamlining processes to help the government deliver its surgery target time of 18 weeks. With the Department of Health, the firm devised new ways to deliver the controversial Independent Sector Treatment Centres. |
| Rankings at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Award Level | Highly commended |
| Innovation | The creation of a contractual profit reserve: a solution to help companies tailor the treatment of profit reserves on a balance sheet. |
| Originality | 6 |
| Rationale | 7 |
| Impact | 6 |
| Total | 19 |
| Description | This new structure enables pension trustees and the company to agree specifically what the arrangements will be for paying dividends to shareholders. It avoids the common but expensive route of creating a super-imposed company. |
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