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Ordnance Survey is committed to helping the health sector benefit from using geographic information available to the NHS and Local Authorities through the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA). Our data is used extensively across the whole range of health organisations, including:
- Department of Health
- NHS England
- Public Health England
- The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre
- Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG's)
- Commissioning Support Units (CSU's) - under the Standard Contractor Licence
- NHS Hospital Trusts
- All Local Authorities
Learn more about how we work with customers and how we can help you in the sections below.
How can we help you?
With the current pressures on the Health sector, there are many areas where our data can help to drive efficiencies or support the challenges you face. For example, our geographical information is used by the NHS to support:
- Designing services around the needs of their population
- Improving Business Intelligence & decision making
- Visualising and sharing data locally and across public sector organisations
- Commissioning and service design
- Monitoring performance & benchmarking
- Population and demographic profiling
- Emergency planning and response
- Business continuity & resilience
- Public Health analysis and disease outbreak management
- Estate and facilities planning and management
- Patient Transport
How does the NHS benefit from the PSMA?
To demonstrate how the NHS benefits from the PSMA, we have work closely with members to produce case studies. Case studies are a great way to raise awareness of the power of geographic information and to share best practice. Here are a few examples of what has been achieved using our products:
NHS Transition
The changes taking place to the NHS may impact how your organisation is licensed under the PSMA. Please see the sections below to understand the different scenarious that may apply:
Your mapping function is moving to a newly formed Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).
These bodies are eligible for membership in the PSMA. They will need to have an account set up in order to take advantage of PSMA membership and can apply here to set up that account.
Your mapping function is moving to local government.
You will in this instance be covered by the respective local authority / public body’s PSMA membership. This will entitle you to exactly the same level of mapping access and usage as your current PSMA agreement. All local authorities in England are members of the PSMA.
Your mapping function is moving to a Commissioning Support Unit (CSU).
CSUs will not be eligible for membership of the PSMA in their own right; however these organisations will be able to support CCGs with mapping through the PSMA contractor licence. Where a CSU provides mapping services to multiple CCGs, they could benefit from one of the other contractor licences available from Ordnance Survey (such as Multi-Client Contractor Licence (MCCL) or the Data Management Services Licence (DSML).
Your mapping function is moving to the NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Property Services Ltd or Public Health England.
All these organisations will be members of the PSMA; if you are moving to these organisations you will be able to continue to use mapping through their membership.
News and events
Mapping English GP prescribing data: a tool for monitoring health-service inequalities
The Ordnance Survey Health Team will be exhibiting at the following events:
Healthcare Innovation Conference March 13th & 14th 2013
Commissioning Show 12th & 13th June 2013
Useful links
Links to third party data and services
Would you like to join the PSMA?
If your Health organisation has not yet taken advantage of joining the public sector mapping agreement, why not join using the link below.
How do I join the OSMA?
If you would like to join the OSMA, please email the OSMA helpdesk to start your membership application using button below.