Information for NHS trusts

At trust level, the platform provides frontline staff with access to the information they need – in one secure place – so that the most up-to-date information about a patient is easily available for teams to review.

Staff can view information in near real time, which helps to manage waiting lists, schedule operations and better plan care.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust introduced the theatre scheduling tool within the NHS FDP to help reduce their waiting lists and improve surgery planning systems to cut avoidable on-the-day cancellations.

Lesley Neary, Chief Operating Officer at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: “The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) has allowed our operational teams to improve the management and co-ordination of the planned elective surgery lists for each specialty.

“Our surgeons are managing theatre sessions online and the trust is able to operate on more patients each day, helping drive down waiting lists.”

The platform enables users to access shared applications designed to support planning, pathway management and direct care whilst also supporting each NHS organisation’s information governance responsibilities.

This approach puts NHS organisations in control, so that they can work better and smarter together. It supports leaders across the NHS to make better decisions without sensitive information needing to leave a secure data environment.

Joining the NHS FDP gives you a dedicated platform you fully control and includes:

  • easy integration: our team connects existing data systems to the NHS FDP with your selected products
  • nationally approved and secure: NHS FDP and all products meet national privacy and confidentiality standards
  • core licencing: costs are covered – NHS England has paid for licenses for all NHS Providers for the next seven years

Support package

We provide a support package to trusts which includes:

Access to analytics and evolving NHS FDP core products

  • self-serve and application development capability: access to your own platform with analytical solutions and application building capability
  • four core products ready now: Inpatients, Outpatients, RTT & OPTICA are live with benefits already being realised

Implementation and delivery resource

  • dedicated and no-cost implementation support: regional delivery managers and regional implementation leads will provide dedicated support and guide you through the set-up
  • a technical implementation lead will be appointed to manage implementation alongside trust leadership (SRO and delivery manager) to ensure end-to-end success

Stakeholder engagement, communications and change readiness

  • seamless onboarding: a technical and operational assessment of change readiness will support tailored interventions to enable a smooth onboarding
  • empower your team: supplement your internal data capabilities including product development with the support of the NHS FDP

Training and adoption support

  • offer in-person training including desk-side and classroom style training for core user groups, with a focus on realising operational benefits. This includes:
    • operational power users and product champions
    • “train the trainer” for nominated trust trainers
    • operational product users
  • Centre of Excellence: we provide ongoing support and training

How to sign up to the NHS FDP 

To learn more about the NHS FDP products or to arrange a product demo, please contact our team: england.fdp@nhs.net

Many NHS organisations are already benefiting from using the NHS Federated Data Platform and its core products, which are supporting trusts to deliver improved care across the country find out more by reading our newest case studies.

“The Care Coordination Solution (CCS) has really improved our efficiency of work. The theatre team were previously required to manually update and validate every day, this would take 2-3 hours. Now we have a system that updates in real time.” – The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

“We save large amounts of time using the NHS FDP Outpatient Care Coordination Solution (CCS). Our Referral to Treatment (RTT) validation team has freed up a day per week, by using this product which allows the team to review patient treatment lists in one place.”  – Jenny Dando, CCS Delivery Manager, Royal United Hospitals Bath

“Thanks to the accurate information the OPTICA discharge solution gives us, our team can confidently make quick decisions, problem solve and escalate any issues. As data is available in real time, it’s helped us streamline our discharge process, avoid potential delays and redeploy resources, which is hugely beneficial.” – Vicky Cardona, Continuous Improvement Manager at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust