Healthcare industry publication HealthInvestor has unveiled the finalists for its annual awards ceremony, shedding light on the UK’s leading strategic and dealmaking consultants to the healthcare sector.
The annual HealthInvestor Awards, which have been around since 2007, recognise excellence in the UK’s independent healthcare sector across seven different categories.
The consulting category focuses exclusively on three segments within the consultancy landscape: strategy services, corporate finance advisory, and M&A transactions services. 
Following an evaluation of all entries to the competition (any consultancy can enter at no cost), a panel of high profile, independent judges from across the healthcare sector have listed what they believe are the top consultancies in the landscape for the year 2022.
Consulting firms were assessed on factors including track record, sector expertise, client projects delivered, and team credentials, among others.
The leading strategy consultants to the healthcare sector for 2022:
The leading corporate finance consultants to the healthcare sector for 2022:
The leading M&A transaction consultants to the healthcare sector for 2022:
According to recent research by Bain & Company, the private equity market closed deals worth more than $150 billion in the global healthcare sector in 2021, an absolute record for the industry.