NHS MMC Toolkit Completion | Akerlof

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Jamie Hillier
07791 718 377
Jamie.Hillier@akerlof.co.uk
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Overview

NHS England’s Modern Methods of Construction Toolkit helps trusts, design teams and contractors develop MMC strategies for healthcare infrastructure projects. Completing the tool effectively requires detailed understanding of both the assessment methodology and the practical realities of MMC adoption in healthcare.

Akerlof has completed more NHS MMC Assessments than any other independent advisor, working for the UK’s largest healthcare contractors as well as directly for NHS trusts.

What we did

We provide independent completion of the NHS MMC Toolkit across healthcare projects of varying scale and complexity. For contractors, this supports robust bid submissions, demonstrates credible MMC strategies to trust clients, and provides assurance alongside a clear path through delivery.

For trusts, we provide assurance that proposed approaches are realistic and aligned with NHS England expectations, validating contractor proposals with independent expertise.

Beyond completing the assessment, we work with both trusts and contractors to optimise MMC adoption, identifying where offsite methods genuinely add value, where risks need managing, and how to move from strategy to delivery.

The impact

  • Established as the leading independent provider of NHS MMC Assessment Tool completion
  • Supported the UK’s largest healthcare contractor to embed consistent MMC assessment across their healthcare portfolio
  • Enabled trusts to validate contractor MMC strategies with independent expertise
  • Improved the quality of MMC adoption in NHS capital projects by bridging the gap between policy requirements and delivery reality

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Jamie Hillier

Partner
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jamie.hillier@akerlof.co.uk
07791 718 377

With a penchant for tweed and jackets with leather arm patches, Jamie began his career as a quantity surveyor, before climbing the ladder to lead major projects for a Tier 1 contractor.

Eventually expanding his book collection beyond copies of SMM7, Jamie has interest in a broad range of subjects linked to delivering better outcomes for society and the environment.

His strategic insights on MMC and behavioural science have made their way into numerous government, industry and academic publications, including the Construction Playbook, Transforming Infrastructure Performance Roadmap to 2030, the Platform Rulebook and the RIBA DfMA Overlay.

John Handscomb

Partner
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john.handscomb@akerlof.co.uk
07305 486 581

Construction is in John’s blood. Learning from his father who was a planner and project manager, John began his career by working on some iconic projects in both the public and private sector.

As a procurement expert and integrator of new ways of working, John has pioneered the integration of platform principles, DfMA processes and supply chain within over £5bn projects in the last 15 years, for some of the largest building programmes in the UK. Despite his considerable expertise, John keeps it simple, communicating complicated ideas with ease and helping to equip the industry with new knowledge and skills.

Outside of Akerlof, John enjoys his executive role with technology start-up ScanTech Digital, spending time with his family, taking trips down the football, playing a bit of golf with friends and the odd pint. 

Our name is shared with George Akerlof, a Nobel Prize-winning economist.

His seminal paper, Market for Lemons, demonstrated the devastating consequences of making decisions under the conditions of quality uncertainty and unequal information between buyers and sellers, increasing the chance of buyers ending up with a ‘lemon’.

This 50-year-old concept continues to retain parallels within the construction industry.

Through our insight and experience, we can rebalance this information asymmetry on behalf of our clients, levelling the playing field to deliver better outcomes.