Case Study: Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation NHS improves health service planning and redesign with Ordnance Survey

Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation NHS - Customer Case Study

Strategic Health Asset Planning and Evaluation NHS (SHAPE) needed a better way to support health service planning as care shifted into community settings and more joint planning with social care became essential. The challenge was to access accurate, evidence-based geographic and demographic information to inform decisions across a complex health economy, and SHAPE used Ordnance Survey data and mapping products to do this.

Ordnance Survey helped power SHAPE, a web-enabled application that links clinical, public health, demographic and facilities data with geographic information for travel-time and accessibility analysis. The solution has supported smarter planning and commissioning, including a reported use in County Durham and Darlington to compile population reports around NHS dental practices, helping improve service targeting and commissioning decisions.