About Us
We are a Community Interest Company (CIC), the national platform where health and care leaders, innovators, and researchers turn data into real-world, open, and properly evaluated solutions.
Connecting Data,
For Social Good.
The Data Observatory CIC isn't just another organisation — it is the movement that the health and social care data space has been waiting for. We are not a data repository, we don't sit in ivory towers writing reports that gather dust.
The Data Observatory is the UK's first dedicated think tank for data and analytics in Health and Social Care. We are here to connect, co-design, and deliver. We help make things happen.
Impact-led
We turn insights into action.
Agile
We are designed to adapt and scale.
Credible
We focus on delivery, not just ideas.
Executive Board
Meet the visionaries, strategists, and analytics experts dedicated to transforming health and social care through data insights.
Data Observatory Council
The Data Observatory Council is a powerhouse of industry leaders who live and breathe health and social care data every single day, ensuring our work remains rigorous, ethical, and genuinely impactful where it matters most.
Chair of Council
Advisor, Entrepreneur and Health and Social Care Innovator and Top 100 most influential BAME leaders in the UK Tech Sector
Director of Strategic Planning and Resilience, Digital and Intelligence, NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB
Clinical Coding, Data and Analytics Specialist, Woodward Associates
Chief Executive Officer, Community Pharmacy London, Arden, Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Director of Strategic and Service Innovation, NHS South, Central and West
Programme Consultant, Transformation Partners in Health and Care
Head of DDaT Strategy and Data Management, NHS Business Services Authority
Chief Executive Officer, The Federation of Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)
Head of Strategic Business Intelligence, NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Deputy Director of Digital Analytics & Intelligence, NHS South, Central and West
National Digital Skills Development Lead, National Digital Skills Development Network
Deputy Director Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service (LKIS), Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Strategic Coding Lead, Head of Coding & PbR Assurance, Kent and Medway NHS
Head of Intelligence and Analytics, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
We are committed to Social Good
We are a Community Interest Company with one overarching mission: to help health and social care make the best use of data for social good.
We bring together the brightest minds, the boldest leaders, and the most passionate changemakers to reimagine how data is powered by impact.