The Intelligence Centre is a new digital capability being developed by NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board to bring together health and care data, analytics, and planning tools in one secure, easy-to-use environment.
It builds on the NHS Federated Data Platform programme led by NHS England and combines this national infrastructure with additional tools for workflow, modelling, and analysis.
Why do we need an Intelligence Centre?
Each time someone comes into contact with our healthcare system – whether that’s with their GP, a hospital, or a community service – information is recorded. But it is often stored in siloed IT systems and inconsistent formats.
We want to create a tool that provides a bird’s eye view of how services are used, what health needs there are, and a way of managing demand and capacity across our area.
This will help us to understand our citizens’ health and wellbeing, to identify communities where our services are not meeting their needs, to see where people’s health is better or worse than expected, and test new models of care.
The Intelligence Centre will help us improve how we plan, deliver, and evaluate health and care services across our area. It will:
Improve outcomes for patients by helping services use better evidence to design and evaluate care
Give a fuller picture of population health across communities and over time
Identify pressure points earlier by spotting trends in demand and service use
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Support better planning of services based on real demand and capacity
Free up staff time by reducing manual reporting and duplication
Improve collaboration by providing a shared, consistent view across organisations
Make reporting easier and more reliable with standardised, timely insights
Give patients more information about services in their area, how busy they are, and how they are performing.
Overall, the Intelligence Centre will help us to revolutionise the way we plan and deliver health and care services, ultimately leading to better outcomes and healthier lives for people living in our area.
