About us

Our primary aim is to drive the use of information to improve decision making and deliver better care.

We provide accessible, high quality and timely information to help frontline health and social care staff deliver better care. Find out how we're improving quality

Strategic objectives

Improving information quality and data standards

• ensuring the right quality information is provided, using clear governance and standards in data and data collections.

Improving access to information

• improving access to and interpretation of information through better presentation and reporting
• ensuring fair and equal access to the information.

Providing relevant information services

• delivering the information frontline services need to meet their priorities
• being the source of data for official statistics published by DH, CQC and other bodies for the purposes of accountability.

Customers

We believe our products and services can have a real impact in supporting frontline organisations in delivering better care.

Our information is of value to a wide range of health and social care decision makers, including commissioners, public health analysts, clinicians and informatics professionals in both health and social care, as well as the public via the NHS.

Partnerships

We recognise the value of collaborative partnerships with a wide range of information providers and users in the health and social care market.

As a frontline focussed organisation, we work in partnership with a range of leading providers including Doctor Foster Intelligence Ltd, Newchurch plc and Alignea, amongst others. It actively encourages new entrants into the market place.

Find out about our role in the health and social care information market