Allen McKay

Managing Director

Citizen Communications Limited

Ilford, United Kingdom

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Passionate about improving the delivery of healthcare through data driven personalised video communication

My organisation

Data-driven, personalised health videos are a powerful tool to help people make positive lifestyle changes, manage chronic health conditions and improve uptake of existing health and care services. They can be used to give people individualised health information, contextualised clinical test results, and the information, reassurance and motivation they need to take charge of their own health.
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About me

A varied career has seen Allen spend time in senior positions on both sides of the client / agency fence in a range of sectors including: Automotive, Financial Services, Retail, Publishing, and leisure.

A founding partner in Citizen Communications a healthcare communications agency, focussed on applying the knowledge and experience of positively influencing consumer behaviour for major national and international brands, to address the health care needs and operational priorities of the NHS.

Working in collaboration with The UK’s National Health Service (NHS), Allen leads the Citizen Communications team in pioneering the use of data driven personalised healthcare video as an effective, engaging and cost-saving tool for healthcare programme and service optimisation, addressing many of the issues and priorities Healthcare systems face today including:

·       Patient engagement and activation

·       Health inequality

·       Workforce capacity limitations

·       Financial constraints

“I am passionate about using the knowledge and experience I have gained through a varied but hugely enjoyable career, to create more dynamic and effective Healthcare systems. In so doing I hope to help system leaders, who themselves are seeking to make the lives of those they serve, just that bit better”

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Skills

  • Communication
  • behaviour change
  • Public Health
  • Weight management
  • Diabetes prevention and management
  • CVD prevention and management

Interests

  • diabetes
  • CVD
  • Weight management
  • Population health management
  • behaviour change