Specialist consulting across healthcare technology, data and AI, cloud and security, and business strategy — turning complex, fragmented systems into assured, decision-ready capability. 20+ years at the frontier of digital health.
Jones & Co brings rare technical mastery and strategic insight together under one roof — so the data, platforms and strategy that boards depend on are joined up, not siloed. Hover a discipline to explore our depth of expertise.
Jones & Co Consulting Group Ltd was founded by Chris Lomas-Jones to bring four complementary disciplines together under one roof — healthcare technology and interoperability; data, intelligence and AI; cloud, infrastructure and security; and strategic business consulting.
Most organisations don't have an AI problem — they have a data problem. Our edge is the connective tissue: clean, interoperable, well-governed data and resilient platforms that turn fragmented systems into decision-ready capability. Whether we're delivering mission-critical NHS integrations or advising the board on transformation, we bring the same standard: uncompromising quality.
Our Story →We deliver mission-critical NHS integration projects that most consultancies cannot. Chris is among the UK's very few Rhapsody Integration Engine Certified practitioners, with a direct track record of delivering NHS-assured integrations including NHS PDS, eRS Clinical Triage, CIS2 Authentication and BaRS. We take projects from scoped requirements through to full NHS England assurance.
With a career spanning Orion Health's global consulting group, Strata Health and personal consultancy, Chris brings expert-level solution design capability to complex healthcare technology programmes — from HIE infrastructure worth $5M+ to bespoke clinical workflow systems.
Drawing on two decades of board-level engagement across healthcare technology, Jones & Co provides strategic consulting to organisations navigating digital transformation, market entry, or organisational change.
We support technology companies in winning complex healthcare contracts — from initial qualification through to technical proposal writing, client demonstrations and solution design workshops.
Most organisations don't have an AI problem — they have a data problem. We build the clean, interoperable, well-governed data foundations that make business intelligence and AI adoption viable, drawing on deep experience moving, matching and reconciling clinical and operational data at national scale.
Drawing on enterprise infrastructure experience across Orion Health and Strata Health, we design resilient, secure platforms that keep mission-critical services available — from cloud and virtualisation strategy to high-availability architecture for health and enterprise systems.
We help regulated organisations handle sensitive data safely. From NHS CIS2 authentication and secure identity to information governance leadership on national programmes, we build security and compliance in from the start — not bolted on at the end.
Mission-critical NHS integration and assurance projects — from national patient identity and referral services to multi-vendor accreditation. A selection of delivered work.
Delivered a fully assured integration with the NHS Personal Demographics Service (PDS), enabling accurate and secure patient identity verification within national systems. Led all aspects of development and assurance, ensuring compliance with NHS standards and supporting safe, reliable access to patient demographic data — allowing full national demographics to be verified throughout Strata workflow solutions where required.
NHS England — PDSLed the end-to-end development of the e-Referral Service (e-RS) Clinical Triage capability, taking the project from scoped requirements through to full product assurance with NHS England. Delivered a robust solution enabling clinicians to triage referrals efficiently within national workflows, enhancing patient care and system efficiency.
Navigation & Single eReferral SystemDelivered the NHS CIS2 Authentication integration for Strata Health UK systems, ensuring secure and seamless access for health and care professionals across England to national clinical systems. This critical service underpins secure identity verification at scale within the NHS, supporting frontline digital healthcare delivery.
Strata Health — CIS2 CertificationA multi-vendor ITK accreditation project, working with Dscribe Limited and Orion Health to help both providers achieve ITK accreditation as part of a wider initiative to transform how the Trust shared data with GP surgeries and primary care. Clinical correspondence was delivered via an ITK-compliant Docman Hub and received by GP systems through local Docman instances integrated with GPSoC. Accredited products: Orion Health Rhapsody v5.4 (discharge summaries) and Dscribe Cube v1.3 (outpatient correspondence) — enabling Trust and providers to benefit from the Information Sharing Challenge Fund through demonstrated ‘meaningful use’.
GOV.UK — Information Sharing Challenge FundCare Identity Service 2 now supports passkeys, Windows Hello and authenticator apps as alternatives to smartcards — with CIS1 retiring by February 2027. What it means for secure access to national systems.
FHIR UK Core, shared care records and PDS sit at the heart of NHS England's interoperability strategy. Why standards-based, joined-up data is now a board-level priority for every Trust and vendor.
A 30,000-staff government AI trial points to 400,000 hours saved per month. The results depend on clean, interoperable, governed data — the foundations matter more than the model.
Whether you need NHS integration, AI-ready data foundations, resilient cloud platforms or board-level strategy — Jones & Co brings the depth your challenge demands.