Improving health outcomes with location data

The health and social care sector spans organisations that plan, fund and deliver care across Great Britain, which also include a growing ecosystem of digital health providers. Together, they work to improve health outcomes, manage rising demand, and reduce health inequalities.

Today’s health challenges – an ageing population, shrinking workforce, budget pressures, shifting models of care, the need to prepare for outbreaks and climate-related impacts – all demand fast, reliable location intelligence.

OS provides trusted location intelligence that helps health organisations turn complex datasets into actionable insight. By bringing our authoritative geospatial data and expertise into planning, analysis, and service design, OS helps your teams build a consistent, shared view of place, supporting decision making from national strategy through to neighbourhood-level delivery.

Our data can reveal geospatial insight that helps identify gaps in access, choose the right sites for services, model travel times and accessibility, understand environmental risk factors, and target interventions where they will have the greatest effect. With a single, authoritative view of location, organisations across health and social care can coordinate more effectively, and deliver better, healthier outcomes.

How can geospatial data help?

Authoritative location data

Provides a trusted, consistent view of place, enabling confident planning and decision making across health and care organisations.

Complete picture of place

Combines buildings, land and transport data to help health teams understand how environments influence wellbeing and access to services.

Reliable address referencing

UPRNs enable accurate linking of health, housing and population data, supporting joined up analysis and reduced data mismatch.

Built environment insight

Detailed building data highlights housing conditions, helping identify areas where the environment may contribute to poor health outcomes.

Green space and environment data

Clear visibility of green spaces, land use and surroundings supports analysis of environmental factors affecting physical and mental health.

Movement and accessibility data

Roads, paths and cycle data show how people travel locally, helping assess access to care and barriers faced by communities.

Take the next step

Get in touch to discuss your situation with our team, and learn where OS data can help, from reducing risk to improving efficiencies and customer experience, and more.

Health and social care case studies