SHAPE for the private sector
SHAPE is a robust, evidence-based platform that enables private sector partners to deliver faster, more accurate and more insightful support to public sector clients.
Drawing on data from more than 40 trusted national sources, SHAPE consolidates demographic, service, estates and geographic information into a single, authoritative view, significantly reducing the time spent sourcing, cleaning and validating data.
For organisations working across health, local government, blue light services and charities, SHAPE provides a powerful foundation for strategic planning and data analysis. Its consistent, preloaded datasets eliminate duplication of effort and reduce project setup time, allowing teams to focus on analysis, engagement and solution design rather than data gathering.
As NHS England’s estates mapping tool of choice and the platform underpinning national infrastructure strategies and capital planning, SHAPE offers a level of credibility and assurance valued across the public sector. Using a nationally recognised, trusted evidence base strengthens client confidence and enhances the likely adoption of business cases, estates plans and transformation proposals.
Private sector teams use SHAPE to support a wide range of workstreams, including:
> Estates and infrastructure strategy development – identifying optimal locations, modelling scenarios and building stronger, evidence led business cases
> Service planning and redesign – understanding population need, service gaps, activity patterns and access
> Place-based transformation – assessing how services, assets and communities interact to enable integrated models of care and delivery
> Climate resilience and adaptation – mapping environmental risk to support investment prioritisation, for maximum impact
> Cross-sector working – bringing disparate information together to support collaboration, streamline planning and decision-making
Its analytical and visualisation tools help teams test assumptions, compare options and communicate recommendations clearly to boards, stakeholders and the public.
How SHAPE can support you
> Planning for future estate and service delivery
> Choosing the best locations for services to provide maximum impact
> Understanding and defining neighbourhoods and communities
> Travel time analysis for scenario and workforce planning
Setting strategies
> Creating estates and infrastructure strategies and delivery plans
> Scenario planning for changes to estates and resources
> Supporting resource planning to meet changing demand
> Forecasting population growth and demographic change
Saving you time
> Visualising estates and resources in one platform
> Identifying sources of funding through future developments
> Optimising utilisation of space
> Supporting cross-organisational working between the public and private sectors
> Creating a one-stop-shop for estates and operational data
Seeing the bigger picture
Public sector estates consultants Sewell Advisory need to access reliable, up-to-date data so their estates strategies and funding bids are based on reliable evidence. Sewell Advisory’s consultants use SHAPE as a single source of truth, ensuring they’re using the same data as their NHS clients.
Cross-sector collaboration
With data on the local authority, health and education estates, we can provide a single source of truth to facilitate collaboration between the private sector and government, local authorities, health and blue light organisations.
A powerful tool for scenario planning
SHAPE can help you support your clients to make timely, data-driven decisions, enabling scenario planning, infrastructure strategies and business case development. The tool’s visualisation and export features can help you present options appraisals clearly and secure approval and funding.