Every trust, and integrated care board (ICB) will have access to their own instance of the NHS Federated Data Platform, which they will have complete control over. Access for each instance of the FDP will be governed and managed by each individual organisation.

The NHS Federated Data Platform will be a critical operational tool for trusts and ICBs (on behalf of ICSs) that will:

• connect siloed systems to support staff to access the information they need in one safe and secure environment
• provide better visibility of their data, with more opportunity to query it, and the ability to audit the data to understand how things have been managed in the past to improve lessons learnt
• provide the insights needed to understand the current and future needs of their populations so ICSs can tailor early preventative services
• enable the effective coordination of care between local health and care organisations and services and reduce the number of long stays in hospital
• deliver the capability to develop digital tools that address their most pressing operational challenges and enhance their ability to make informed and effective decisions
• enable the effective coordination of care between local health and care organisations and services and reduce the number of long stays in hospital
• enable the rapid scaling and sharing of innovative tools and applications that have been developed at a local level – in a secure way – supporting levelling up agenda and reducing variation across England, whilst still retaining local controls for data access

It will provide health and care providers with information, that they already hold, at their fingertips, while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality.

NHS England has procured and paid for licenses for all NHS funded care providers and the 42 ICBs for the next seven years.

While implementation is not being mandated, all trusts and ICBS are being asked to provide plans for how they will maximise the benefits of the NHS FDP for their patients within the next two years.

Demand is high, so we are asking trusts and ICBs to sign-up, so that we can schedule them into the overall delivery timeline.