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Additional ICS-level estates and occupancy data coming to SHAPE

The SHAPE team is working with NHS England and Community Health Partnerships (CHP) to add even more comprehensive information about…

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Understanding the impact of your Local Plan

Local Plans aren’t just for those who work in planning; they can unlock opportunities for anyone in the public sector…

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Plan your autumn COVID vaccination campaign

At the start of September, we’ll be updating our COVID-19 data in SHAPE, giving you all the information you need…

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Under pressure: hypertension services in SHAPE

Cardiovascular disease is one of the biggest causes of premature death in the country, and high blood pressure significantly increases…

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Updated Pharmacy Contraception Services data now available in SHAPE

SHAPE Place now contains new information on Pharmacy Contraception Services, with data uploaded up to March 2024. Pharmacy Contraception Services…

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Supporting primary care through population growth

The city of York is growing rapidly, with a steep anticipated increase of residents by 2038. The existing general practice…

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SHAPE Plus - for the private sector

Data mapping and analysis is critical to organisational strategy. But often, data is in disparate sources, making timely, data driven…

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Health sector to benefit from upgraded ICS-level data

We’ve been commissioned by NHS England to develop data mapping and analysis tool SHAPE to hold even more comprehensive information…

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SHAPE infrastructure strategy training

If you’re a SHAPE user from an ICB who wants to know more about how you can use the software…

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Targeting cancer screening where it's needed most

Breast screening reduces the number of deaths from breast cancer by about 1,300 a year in the UK alone. Catching…

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Let data drive your infrastructure strategy

As Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) look to develop their infrastructure strategies over the next few months, having the most reliable,…

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How much do you know about ERIC?

ERIC – or Estates Returns Information Collection – is information on the NHS Trust estate. Buildings, maintenance, facilities management and…

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New census data now in SHAPE

The new updated demographic information is now in SHAPE. The population estimates use the newest figures, which come from the…

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SHAPE Community update

Achyut Ratkanthiwar, SHAPE’s Data and Information Analyst, is here to give an update on the SHAPE Community. Last year we…

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Social care capacity planning

For local authorities, visualising and quickly accessing real-time social care data to support with capacity planning and resident placement can…

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Keeping new graduates local in Yorkshire

GATEway is an initiative that aims to help young people into the world of work through graduate programmes, apprenticeships, traineeships…

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A one-stop-shop for estates data for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB

When you’re writing an estates strategy, you need to compile a lot of information – statistics on all your buildings,…

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Saving time for GP admin teams

Our GP Catchment Check tool gives GP admin staff a quick, convenient and accurate way to discover if potential patients…

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Supporting the integration of Community Pharmacy Services

West Yorkshire ICB has been using SHAPE to support their strategic ambitions for delivery of community pharmacy services across their…

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Our community is taking shape

Achyut Ratkanthiwar, our Data and Information Analyst, gives you an update about the new SHAPE Community: “Thanks to everyone who’s…

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Maximise your vaccination uptake

SHAPE’s the ideal tool for making sure you get the most out of your winter flu vaccination campaign. Visualise your…

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Addressing geographical inequality in long term workforce planning

The eagerly awaited NHS Long Term Workforce Plan was published this summer, highlighting the need to train, retain and reform…

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Updated Community Diagnostic Centre datasets now available within SHAPE

In June NHS England updated the CDC datasets held within SHAPE, and will continue to update this information on a…

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Exciting pilot project coming for ICS-level data

In welcome news for estates planners, we’re in the early stages of an ICS data mapping project, so that we…

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Utilising SHAPE to support Infrastructure Strategy development

As ICSs look to develop their strategies over the coming months, the providers of SHAPE, Parallel, will be running a…

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SHAPE, a data insight tool

Know your SHAPE

Think you know SHAPE? We’ve got several products and services can support you in making data driven decisions. SHAPE Place…

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Future focused primary care: How South Yorkshire ICB is using data to drive digital innovation

Creating efficiencies is a key priority for primary care, but how can we use existing data to identify which GPs…

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SHAPE showcased at NHS Confed Expo

The team behind SHAPE were at the NHS Confed Expo in Manchester, showcasing exciting new products and demonstrating how its…

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GP Catchment Check

A new software tool has been designed to help GP practices quickly establish whether a patient’s postcode falls within your…

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SHAPE Community launches following application refresh

The team behind SHAPE has announced the launch of its “SHAPE Community” to exclusively review and input into feature development.…

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Advisory forum launched to steer future direction of SHAPE

A SHAPE Advisory Forum has been launched to ensure the application is the best it can be for all users,…

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SHAPE Project Spotlight: A web enabled toolkit for PCN Estates Planning

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are using a new, dedicated data toolkit to help forward plan, analyse data and enable commissioners…

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Enabling collaboration across One Public Estate

Public sector partners across the country are using SHAPE Services to develop joint approaches to tackle inequalities. As part of…

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SHAPE maps ideal locations for CDCs

Community Diagnostics Centres (CDCs) are central to the Government’s plan to reduce NHS waiting lists and have already significantly bolstered…

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ICBs utilise SHAPE for service and estates planning

Several ICBs are utilising SHAPE Local to support service and estates planning. SHAPE Local atlases for ICBs are prepopulated with…

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A data driven solution to primary care estates planning

The NHS England General Practice Premises Policy Review, 2019, identified the need for a more comprehensive primary care data set…

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Supporting NHS Covid vaccine roll out

SHAPE has been used throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccination roll out to aid decision making on where best to…

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Your map, your data, your analysis

A private, confidential workspace, prepopulated with the national opensource data and features contained with SHAPE Place, plus your own data uploads and development time to create bespoke functionality and visualisations to solve your specific estates or service commissioning challenges.  

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