The Evolve Collaborative

Driving change together, powered by data

The Evolve Collaborative is an opportunity to join a proven model for improvement, combining the strength of peer learning with the power of data. Together, we can transform care for the better.

Who we are

The Evolve Collaborative is a membership community centred on data with purpose. We collect, analyse and publish extensive measures and reports on comparative trust performance. And we foster vibrant learning spaces where members share what works and drive improvements that make a tangible difference for patients. Real change needs psychological safety, not another league table.

What makes us unique is our foundation of collaboration and track record of success internationally. Our model has been transformative in Australia, helping healthcare providers to deliver safer and more effective care. Now, we’re adapting our proven approach for the NHS.

By combining the strength of shared experience and the power of data, The Evolve Collaborative empowers clinicians, boards, and operational leaders to tackle the issues that matter most, together. Co-designed with our members, this collaborative approach ensures solutions are practical, relevant and focused on improving outcomes for patients.

The Evolve Collaborative is a partnership between NHS Confederation, the leading membership body bringing together all parts of the UK health and care system, and Beamtree, an Australian health data and analytics specialist.

Learn more about us and register your interest for a conversation about how The Evolve Collaborative can help your organisation.

The NHS holds vast amounts of data, yet too little of it is put to good use.
Too often, the focus is on retrospective reporting and assurance rather than forward-looking improvement and evaluation.
Efforts to scale and share learning have fallen short in the UK, leaving opportunities to reduce unnecessary differences between trusts untapped.
Meanwhile, significant public funds have been spent on isolated solutions that offer only a narrow, historic view of a single trust’s performance without delivering the long-term intelligence and collaborative learning needed to drive real change.
Trusts now face mounting pressure to boost productivity, raise standards, reduce variation, and deliver maximum value for every pound invested.
A new way of working is vital.
- Register your interest in The Evolve Collaborative.
Evolve inspires change by creating trusted spaces for collaboration and learning. Curiosity is encouraged, and a quality improvement methodology allows members to share openly.
Through structured peer-to-peer programmes, members come together to explore shared challenges and learn from one another. Supported by data science techniques, including predictive forecasting, we help teams move beyond retrospective reporting -focusing on insight and improvement, not league tables.
Our secure benchmarking platform combines national datasets with machine learning capability and predictive analytics to forecast trends and tackle emerging challenges. It moves beyond historic reporting, enabling trusts to compare performance across peers and regions, identify variation, and unlock in-year savings. The platform evolves with the programme, aiming to incorporate additional data sets for even richer insights.
By combining the strength of shared experience and the power of data, The Evolve Collaborative empowers clinicians, boards, and operational leaders to tackle the issues that matter most, together. Co-designed with our members, this collaborative approach ensures solutions are practical, relevant, and focused on improving outcomes for patients.
- Register your interest today

Key features

Collaboration is baked in

Designed around the same member-led, support-focused ethos of the NHS Confederation, The Evolve Collaborative is a trusted space where collaboration thrives. Curiosity is encouraged, and trusted spaces where collaboration thrives ensure members can share openly and challenge ideas without fear.

By bringing together peers from diverse backgrounds, including clinicians and staff, Evolve creates a rich mix of perspectives that drive patient-centred solutions. Members work side by side on projects and challenges, applying their knowledge and testing ideas through improvement science methods (e.g., PDSA cycles).

Through this collaborative approach, powered by data and continuous learning, members identify inefficiencies, understand variation, and co-create strategies that deliver meaningful change.

A tried, tested and trusted model

The Evolve Collaborative is based on the Health Round Table which Beamtree has successfully delivered in Australia for over 30 years. It is carefully adapted for the NHS, co-designed with the NHS Confederation and our members. This model has been transformative internationally, helping healthcare providers to deliver safer and more effective care. Now, we’re bringing that proven approach to the NHS - powered by data but driven by the insights and actions of our members.