Chris Fourie

Chris has been a healthcare business consultant in Pathology for over 16 years, gaining global experience with LTS Health and recently joining Lifecyle to focus on improving services within the NHS. Chris specialises in improving performance of both public and private pathology laboratories. Based on his specific experience in restructuring and operational design of pathology organisations he secured the contract and led the consulting team that worked with NHS Improvement on developing their national plan for pathology improvement, including the consolidation of pathology services into 29 networks. Following this work, he has continued to work with trusts and networks across England to define sustainable pathology models that would meet national reconfiguration requirements while addressing the quality and service delivery requirements of local service users. This experience combined with his engineering skills and experience allows him to provide a new perspective on solving common problems faced by diagnostic services. Chris has led several improvement projects within Barts Health, Severn Pathology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Cheshire and Merseyside, Addenbrookes Hospitals, SW London Pathology and HSL, amongst others.