The Data Observatory CIC is the UK’s first health and care data think tank; connecting, co-designing, and driving impact for social good by uniting leaders, innovators, and changemakers beyond dusty reports and data silos.

Health and care is at a tipping point: digital, AI and inequality challenges demand agile, ethical scaling of solutions, yet progress is stalled by fragmentation and uneven adoption, despite world class expertise.

We are the national platform where health and care leaders, innovators, and researchers turn data into real-world, open, and properly evaluated solutions. We offer thought leadership, consultancy, fellowships, and grants that drive healthier communities and system-wide benefit beyond costly, closed commercial approaches.