Foundation Membership

Our Foundation membership (previously known as core) provides exclusive access to valuable intelligence, collaboration opportunities, and advanced analysis on national, regional and local health and social care topics. This membership opportunity is available to both submitting and non-submitting organisations looking to become part of our community.

Looking to unlock the full potential of membership?
Check out our Insight membership.

What’s included in Foundation membership? 

Project outputs

Project overview reports

Online toolkits

Member project reports

Events/webinars

Shared learning & collaboration

The opportunity for data sharing across members

Case studies

The National Indicators dataset

Event/webinar resources

NHSBN NHS Futures workspace

Inform the Network

Reference Groups

User Groups

Members survey


Foundation membership is available to both submitting and non-submitting organisations looking to become part of our Network community.

Submitting member organisations

Submitting member organisations are the members who can actively participate in NHSBN benchmarking projects, shaping the future of health and social care.

Non-submitting member organisations

Non-submitting member organisations are the members who do not provide the services benchmarked in NHSBN benchmarking projects, but benefit from the insight of the national view.

    • NHS providers

    • Independent providers

    • Local authorities

    • Social enterprises (CICs)

    • Health Boards

    • Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)

    • National and professional bodies

    • Charities

    • Research organisations

    • Consultancies