The Strategic Commissioning Tool (SCT) transforms how Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) approach Population Health Management (PHM), enabling the shift from traditional service-based commissioning to proactive, population-based strategic commissioning.  The SCT brings together national commissioning datasets to create a comprehensive view of population health, service utilisation, costs and outcomes. Advanced analytics enable commissioners to segment their population, understand patterns of need, benchmark performance against comparators, and model the impact of different investment decisions.

Key Capabilities

• Population segmentation: Understand the composition and needs of the population through advanced analytical tools
• Cost and outcome benchmarking: Compare performance against other ICBs and identify unwarranted variation
• Resource allocation modelling: Model the impact of shifting resources between services or interventions
• Future needs forecasting: Anticipate how population needs will evolve to inform long-term planning
• Inequality analysis: Identify and quantify health inequalities to target interventions effectively
• Impact evaluation: Assess whether commissioned services and interventions are delivering intended outcomes

Demo video: NHS FDP – Strategic Commissioning Tool product demonstration