Your Trusted advisor for people and organisational Development issues

We improve workforce performance and efficiency whilst delivering long-lasting benefits to your organisation

We are HR Consultants
with a difference

Dearden HR is a high-quality provider of HR business solutions for the NHS, public and commercial sectors.

We have a hands-on team of highly skilled experts, who can draw on sector specific experience, and work closely with our clients to agree clear objectives and outcomes.

We can deploy our resources in an agile, responsive way to suit client needs. We are big enough to cope with the biggest projects but small enough to care.

At the heart of what we do is a commitment to adding long-term value and creating solutions that ensure tangible organisational benefits.

HR & OD Support Services

Your Trusted Advisor for all HR & OD Matters, we deliver bespoke solutions for complex and challenging issues

We Listen

We take time to listen and work with you to fully understand your requirements. We have a hands-on, high calibre team of experts with sector specific experience who understand people and OD issues and can identify business-focused remedies to the most complex of situations.

We Diagnose

We work to understand your organisation, engaging with staff and key stakeholders, and reviewing relevant data. We have a clarity of vision and ability to get to the core of the issue.

We Deliver

Where we differ is our ability to deliver our high quality HR and workforce solutions that deliver sustainable solutions . We don’t just ‘consult’. We take responsibility for the delivery of our creative and bespoke HR Solutions. We have a passion for success and a real pride in our achievements.

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Client Testimonials

Thank you for the huge contribution you made to the project. Designing a workforce for this (Nightingale) hospital from scratch is no small achievement. As ever, I loved working with you. Thank you

Philippa SlingerCEO, Nightingale Exeter

Thank you so much for all the expert advice and wise guidance you have given to the Board and to me… I have greatly valued your many qualities.

Tony Bell OBECEO - Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Many thanks for all that you have done for the Trust; in a remarkable way you have managed to not only promote excellence within the Trust but also to enable us to compete and win HR competitions at the national level; in both the NHS and the wider business world. We will miss you.

Professor Sir Christopher EdwardsChairman - Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Mark has provided expert counsel to me as a Chief Executive. Mark’s experience and insight has been invaluable in enabling me to manage complex organisational issues and move forward the people agenda in my Trust. Mark is approachable and always available and has been flexible to meet my needs and those of my organisation. 

Neil Dardis Chief Executive CEO, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

I engaged Dearden HR to support a radically new approach to employee relations. The outcome of this work has been dramatic. The Trust is no longer rated Inadequate by the CQC; indeed a number of services are rated good with one rated outstanding. Mark and his team have always worked as part of the wider NSFT team, bringing with them a wealth of experience, knowledge and wisdom which has been invaluable to the organisation and was certainly one of the standout decisions I made during my tenure at NSFT.

Jonathan WarrenCEO, NSFT NHS Trust

I always think of your [Mark Gammage] handling of the issues involving a very senior person at the Trust as a master class in how an HR professional should do it – not what we always see unfortunately.

Regional CEO NHSE/I