CAPABILITIES, REACH & SPECIALISMS

‘Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realised.’

Simone de Beauvoir

WHO
WE
REACH

Whether you need to hear from a highly specialised consultant, a niche patient population, or a senior decision-maker within a healthcare organisation, we can find them.

We work extensively with:

  • Healthcare professionals (HCPs) across primary, secondary and tertiary care
  • Disability and health charities
  • Key opinion leaders (KOLs) and academic stakeholders
  • Patients and caregivers living with both common and rare conditions
  • Procurement, commissioning, and policy stakeholders
  • Clinical and non-clinical staff involved in pathway design and service delivery

Our experience ensures we know where to look, how to engage, and how to keep participants involved from first contact to project delivery.

AREAS
WE
KNOW

We love a challenge and we welcome complex briefs.
We’ve supported hundreds of projects across the full spectrum of therapy areas.

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Diabetes

Type 1, Type 2, insulin management, device adherence

Asthma & COPD

Diagnosis, self-management, inhaler usage

Chronic Pain

Long-term treatment, prescribing pathways

Vision Impairment

Including assistive tech trials and carer perspectives

Rare Diseases

Gene therapy, patient advocacy

Device usability testing (Human Factors studies, FDA compliance)

CE marking, FDA compliance, HF studies

Stakeholder research

Market access, policy impact, guideline adoption

HOW
WE
WORK

All UK healthcare fieldwork is delivered in-house by our dedicated and knowledgeable project management and recruitment teams. This ensures a short communication chain, high-quality participants and agile project delivery.

INTERNATIONAL
REACH

When your project spans borders, we work hand-in-hand with a trusted global network of local healthcare fieldwork partners. Every partner is vetted for compliance, quality, and cultural competency, ensuring we maintain the same gold standard abroad as we do at home.

OUR
CORE
SERVICES

Participant recruitment (HCPs, KOLs, patients, carers, policy-makers)

Human factor and UX studies, in-depth interviews, surveys, focus groups, ethnography

Healthcare-specific screener and quota design

Expertise on feasibility, sample and methodology at the proposal stage

Studio hire and remote research options including hospital simulation suite

Dedicated project lead for each study with in-house recruitment

Reliable, responsive and unflinchingly professional. Acumen is our go-to partner when it matters most. – Healthcare Research Director, Global Insights Agency

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BESPOKE?

Do you require something more bespoke?
We regularly support hybrid methodologies, rare disease recruitment, rapid-turnaround studies, and device testing projects with tight compliance frameworks. Just tell us what you need and we’ll make it happen.

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