Independent organisational assurance

Clarity for difficult work.

Northbridge helps regulated health and social-care organisations get an independent, evidence-led view of governance, organisational health, culture, risk and defined problems, then turn that picture into practical decisions and owned actions.

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Bounded work, not consultancy fog.

The service architecture stays deliberately narrow: understand the commissioning question, choose the smallest credible entry point, define the evidence boundary, and expand only when the facts justify it.

Desktop Governance Diagnostic

For a clear, document-led governance or assurance question.

Indicative €3,000–€4,500 ex VAT

Focused Service Health Check

For one bounded service question requiring evidence review, listening and a practical baseline.

Indicative €5,500–€8,500 ex VAT

Governance, Risk & Organisational Health Diagnostic

For multi-service or cross-functional questions involving governance, risk, leadership, culture or consistency.

Indicative €7,500–€12,500 ex VAT

Board Governance & Risk Diagnostic

For leadership, board-assurance, accountability and risk-escalation questions.

Indicative €8,000–€15,000 ex VAT

Paid Scoping

For unclear, contested or expanding questions where a safe scope must be built before any larger commission.

Indicative €1,500–€3,000 ex VAT

Defined Investigation Support

For a clearly framed problem, subject to competence, independence, fair-process and insurance checks.

Quoted only after scope and risk review.

Ongoing Assurance

For organisations with an adequate current baseline that want bounded independent challenge, action follow-through and periodic executive or board assurance.

Foundation €750 · Assurance €1,500 · Strategic €3,000 / month ex VAT

Investigations and substantial project work remain separately scoped.

How an engagement starts

Fit first. Scope second. Commit third.

1. Fit callUp to 30 minutes to clarify the question, sponsor, authority, urgency and fit. No free mini-consultancy.
2. Bounded routeDiagnostic, focused review, paid scoping, defined problem route, referral or hold.
3. Written proposalExact client entity, scope, exclusions, deliverables, fee, data route, dependencies and payment basis.
4. Mobilise only when clearWritten commission, conflict clear, insurance fit, supplier/PO route complete and data handling agreed.
Data boundary: Please do not send case files, employee records, health information, safeguarding records or other sensitive personal data with an initial enquiry.
25+ years

Health and social-care experience spanning frontline practice, Person in Charge responsibilities, service and area management, governance, safeguarding, incident/risk management, regulatory compliance and organisational improvement.

Founder-led

Sector-grounded, evidence-led.

Brian Hehir leads Northbridge Advisory. His background combines long experience in health and social care with an LLB and a BA in Applied Social Studies in Social Care. Northbridge is designed for situations where leaders need a practical independent picture, a controlled scope and decisions that can be acted on.

Northbridge scopes provider-level and service-level work carefully. In disability residential services, the regulated service is a HIQA-registered designated centre; children’s residential work uses Tusla-registered children’s residential centre terminology. Sampling and exclusions are stated explicitly.

Contact

Start with the question, not the files.

For an initial fit conversation, contact Brian Hehir at Northbridge Advisory Limited. A short description of the organisational question is enough to start.

Request a fit callbrian@northbridgeadvisory.ie

The initial fit call is free and capped at 30 minutes. It is for fit, authority and scope, not substantive consultancy. Please do not send case files, employee records or sensitive personal information with an initial enquiry.