Nicola Clemo is Head of Strategic Advisory at Archus, a specialist healthcare infrastructure consultancy. Nicola is an experienced health planning and business case development consultant with a previous background of 8 years construction project management. She brings a wholistic understanding of the full development journey of capital projects from investment justification through design to construction which is invaluable in ensuring all project elements and risks are clearly articulated and managed throughout a project. She has a keen interest in the mechanisms to improve clinical productivity releasing more time to care, improving standardisation within health care, the role of digital in the future of healthcare and design elements which improve patient experience and outcomes and can improve staff and carer experience and wellbeing. She has worked on a wide range of acute, community and mental health schemes totalling more than £5bn of capital investment requirements including the North Manchester General Hospital and Leighton Hospital NHP schemes.