CBG is a major independent provider of health services research in New Zealand. With extensive practical experience at all levels of the health sector CBG can provide independent research to managers and policy makers, to improve decision making and help you deliver better quality health care.

CBG was set up by Carol Boustead and Barry Gribben to meet the need for high quality practical health research. In our experience, traditional consultancy firms and market research companies struggle to operate effectively in the health sector. Health is not just another business. The difficulties measuring health outcomes, ethics and consenting issues and the complexity of professional relationships often means that research and analysis need specialist skills.

Not least of these is some "street cred". If you haven't worked in the sector, at the proverbial coal face, health providers do not take you very seriously. At CBG we meld practical clinical experience with proven research capability to provide accurate and cost-effective answers.

From the very beginning CBG has worked closely with Maori and Pacific providers. As the research company that provided all the client-based qualitative research for the National Hepatitis B Screening Programme Evaluation we have developed a team of more than 20 multilingual, culturally competent field workers and analysts.

Other recent contracts include the evaluation of the Ministry of Health Intensive Home Visiting Pilot in Mangere and Tokoroa (for the Ministry of Health), and evaluation of the Care Plus initiative. CBG has recently completed the evaluation of the Reducing Inequalities Contingency Fund. We are currently evaluating the Meningococcal B Vaccination Programme and we are co-investigators with Victoria University HSRC in the evaluation of the Primary Health Care Strategy. We have a number of exciting projects in the pipeline and are currently looking for new staff with good knowledge of general practice processes.

Have a look round this site - CBG has a large range of skills and our business model is agile, responsive and interactive. All enquiries are welcome.