Dr Foster Intelligence

Helping deliver effective, efficient and accessible mental health services

Dr Foster Intelligence is developing a range of products and services designed to provide high quality information for mental health clinicians and managers. The information management tools will:

• Assist clinicians and managers in providing high quality, efficient and valuable services at service and practitioner levels
• Assist commissioners in evaluating the services they are receiving, which also highlights opportunities for improvement – at client, service, neighbourhood and population levels
• Draw attention of boards and managers to areas of clinical, financial and human resource risk and opportunity
• Allow health care trusts to look at a range of non-health influencers on their business and estimate and track their impact
• Enable trusts to benchmark the quality and efficiency of their services against other mental health providers

"The data in these mental health tools will enable the sector to make meaningful comparisons with other organisations and drive forward improvements, as well as provide substantial assurance of high performance. This will be a first for mental health organisations and will support the way forward for both commissioners and users." Jayne Deaville, Finance Director of South Staffordshire Foundation NHS Trust

• More information on our mental health products