What is the Evolve Collaborative?

A nationwide collaborative dedicated to improving patient outcomes, enabling leaders to take control of their organisation’s data and find solutions.

Evolve is data with purpose; it’s about creating spaces where members share what works (and what doesn’t), learn from one another, and drive improvements that make a real difference for patients.

What makes Evolve unique is its foundation in collaboration and a track record of success internationally. This model has been transformative in Australia, helping healthcare providers to deliver safer and more effective care. Now, we’re carefully adapting that proven approach for the NHS - driven by the insights and actions of our members, powered by data.

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

It has two key features:

A learning community programme which brings together members in a trusted, psychologically safe environment

Where curiosity is encouraged and ideas are explored. Facilitated by experienced healthcare improvement experts, it focuses on peer-to-peer learning on topics that matter most to members’ organisations, helping them share insights, learn from one another and drive meaningful change.

An accessible benchmarking platform built within a secure data environment

Using national data sets (HES, ECDS) and advanced machine learning with risk-adjusted modelling to forecast future trends. Unlike traditional benchmarking approaches that focus on highlighting patterns in historic data, our model drives improvements against both existing and emerging issues. Our data platform and approach complements existing analytics. By benchmarking across your trust, with your peers, your region and nationally on metrics such as length of stay or low value procedures, you can identify variation to help realise in-year harvestable savings, support efficiencies and drive productivity improvements. It’s for all of your team, too: users can generate interactive, tailored reports for different levels including board directors, executive teams, and clinical and analytics leads to ensure that those who need it have full visibility of data to drive continuous improvement. As the programme evolves, the platform will grow too - with ambitions to incorporate additional data sets for even richer insights.