Data, digital and AI

Turning data, digital solutions and AI into transformation that drives lasting change

CF helps NHS organisations and health systems use data, digital tools and AI to improve decision-making, productivity, care delivery and patient outcomes. From data strategy and product development to national technology adoption and change management, we help turn digital ambition into measurable transformation. Our work spans strategic planning, digital product design, analytics, AI-enabled tools, national programme delivery, rollout, adoption and capability building. We work with organisations at every stage of their data and digital journey, helping them move from insight to action and from implementation to lasting impact.

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Product Quality Index

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Energy Generation

Our impact, in practice

The NHS is moving at pace on data and digital: AI-enabled clinical tools, back-office automation, EPR optimisation, large-scale transformation programmes and a growing national infrastructure for data-led care. But technology only delivers if organisations have the strategy, capability and leadership to embed it. Many have the data; few have turned it into decisions that change how care is delivered. The barriers are familiar: fragmented, poor-quality data, low digital adoption, dashboards that do not drive decisions, and limited analytical capability, all against real pressure to improve productivity.

CF have led some of the most complex digital transformation programmes in the NHS – at national scale and at the level of individual trusts and systems. That experience – designing products, driving adoption and embedding capability in clinical and operational teams – is what sets our approach apart. We do not just implement technology. We make it work for all who engage with it.

35 products

Deployed across 32 NHS trusts in 2025

25 new trusts

Onboarded to National Data Platform

12 ICB’s

Onboarded to new Strategic Commissioning Tool

£750k saving

Through business intelligence strategy review

How we work

Every health system is at a different point in its data and digital journey. We start by understanding that context – maturity, strategic priorities, capability gaps and the specific outcomes the organisation needs to achieve – then design an approach that is right for where they are now and where they need to get to.

Assessing maturity

Mapping maturity, strategic priorities, capability gaps and the outcomes an organisation needs to achieve

User-based design

Building an approach shaped by the system’s data, people and priorities

Designing and building tools

Designing and building bespoke tools, products and analytical capabilities tailored to an organisation

Rigorous adoption

Bringing together strategic leadership, product development and change capability in a single team

What we do

We support NHS organisations to engage with, adopt and maximise the value of national digital infrastructure – including data integration, product design and deployment, EPR optimisation and AI innovation programmes. We help organisations understand where national tools can address local priorities, and provide the strategic and operational leadership to make the most of nationally funded tools.

Our finance and performance improvement work covers four core areas:

Product development and incubation

We design, scope and build data products that take real clinical and operational problems from concept to scale

From finance and performance improvement tooling and theatre scheduling through to population health management case-finding and neighbourhood health tools. We combine deep NHS domain knowledge with technical product capability to take products from concept to deployed at scale.

Adoption and digital transformation

We embed digital tools in practice, delivering benefit through adoption, not just deployment

Data strategy

We help NHS organisations build the strategy, infrastructure and literacy to get more from their data

National programme infrastructure

We help NHS organisations adopt national digital infrastructure and turn it to local priorities

Our work

We work to empower our clients to create sustainable improvements and drive impactful change

CASE STUDY

Building a replicable framework…

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Future State Programme

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Our experts

Zahra Safarfashandi

Managing Partner, Middle East

Josh Lomax

Director, Health Systems

FAQ’s

CF supports NHS digital transformation through data strategy, digital product development, national programme delivery, technology adoption, workflow integration, training and change management.

AI can support NHS organisations by improving decision-making, identifying risk, automating back-office processes, supporting clinical workflows and helping teams use data more effectively.

CF supports BI maturity assessment, data platform strategy, data operating model design, data literacy, analytics capability building and roadmap development.

Yes. CF designs, scopes and builds data products for clinical, operational, financial and population health challenges, from concept through to deployment and adoption.

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