Patient Engagement & Communication Specialists

Making patient engagement
something for everyone

About Us

What We Do

We are a friendly, UK-based consultancy dedicated to improving the impact of research and standards of care through meaningful patient engagement and user-centred communication. Whether you’re an industry or academic leader, a growing biotech or start-up, a charity or independent patient advocate, through our three Co. services, we help everyone work together to improve how medicines are designed, delivered, and communicated.

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1. GUIDE

Consultancy

We provide tailored strategic and practical guidance to help you plan, deliver and embed meaningful patient engagement and user-centred communication in research and healthcare. 

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2. BUILD

Collaborations

We design and facilitate engagement and co-creation activities that enable patients and pharma to work together in line with global good practice, from content reviews and community discussions to advisory boards and protocol co-design.

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3. EMBED

Coaching

We want everyone to have the knowledge, skills and confidence to drive meaningful collaborations with ease across the research ecosystem. From practical resources to whole team training, we tailor our support to meet your needs. 

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Who We Are

Hi, we’re Phil & Liz, and we founded PhiZ & Co. out of our shared passion for building genuine and meaningful collaborations between patients and the pharmaceutical industry.


PhiZ brings together not just our names but over 35 years of collective experience across research, patient engagement and healthcare communications. And because we know people achieve more when they create together, that’s why we have & Co., it represents the people we work with, our core services, and the key values that underpin everything we do.  

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Who We Work With 

We’re a collaborative partner to anyone looking to make UK health research and communication more inclusive, impactful, and grounded in lived experience: 

Biotech companies and start-ups 
Academic and clinical researchers
Pharmaceutical teams and service providers
Healthcare professionals  
Patient charities
Advocacy groups 
Community organisations 
Individual patient advocates 

We’re local to Cambridge, with a service that extends nationally, and value our memberships and involvement with organisations dedicated to supporting meaningful collaboration and health innovation.

valued partner cambridgenetwork
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Words of Support

As a new company, these represent founder testimonials from people who know us.

“Liz has been an incredible support in helping us navigate information and gather what we need for our charity to work. Her creative ideas and genuine passion have been a huge benefit to us, especially when it came to helping design our patient magazine. Liz brings enthusiasm, structure and heart into every project, and we are truly grateful for the time, energy and care she has invested. Thank you, you have made a real difference.”
Carina ThurgoodFounder/CEO, The Maddi Foundation & Maddi’s Mum

Ready to create better, together?
We’d love to help!

Email hello@phizandco.com or pop us a message via the contact form below.

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