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SHAPE is an online, interactive, data mapping, analysis and insight tool that supports service planning and estates strategy development.
Supported by the Department of Health and Social Care, SHAPE is is an evidence-based application that informs and supports the strategic planning of services and assets in the public sector. Preloaded with data from over 40 trusted sources, including NHS Digital, ODS, DEFRA, Gov.uk and QOF, SHAPE is NHS England’s estates mapping tool of choice, and provides a single source of truth to enable public sector organisations to make timely, data driven decisions.
The primary aim of the application is to facilitate scenario planning and option appraisals in support of public services. Its analytical and presentation features can help service commissioners to determine the service configuration that provides the most affordable access to services. The demographic and service data, combined with the information on estates location and performance, is also used to support estates strategy and business case development.
Free to use for the public sector
Supported by the Department of Health and Social Care, SHAPE Place is an interactive data mapping, analysis and insight tool used to support service planning and estate planning. It is free to use for the public sector.
An interactive mapping and analysis application for the private sector
SHAPE Plus combines and overlays hundreds of datasets from over 40 sources to help support the private sector with business case development, options appraisals and estates strategy planning.
"SHAPE is helping us to achieve a more efficient method of evaluating space requests and development opportunities."
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A data driven solution to primary care estates planning
The data held within SHAPE provides PCNs and ICBs with a holistic view of their primary care estate, crucially overlaid with population projections and key health indicators to understand where demand for services is currently and could be in the future.
