VITALHUB UK LIMITED

Insights

Insights provides flexible analytics that delivers robust demand, capacity and performance modelling across healthcare, workforce, benchmarking and specialised services. It supports leadership teams in identifying pressures, improving planning, and udnerstanding correlations and early warning signs to make data-driven decisions across entire systems or individual services.

Features

• End-to-end analytics, BI, and reporting for actionable insights.
• Ad hoc data analysis for exploration and insight generation.
• Benchmarking to compare performance across organisations, services, or time.
• Statistical modelling, forecasting, and predictive analytics for decision-making.
• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and interactive reports.
• Fully managed BI and reporting service for ongoing needs.
• Secure cloud-based SQL hosting for customer data storage.
• Data ingestion, transformation, and modelling using ETL/ELT processes.
• Deliver dashboards and reports via dedicated Tableau Server platform.
• Augment resources to support or extend internal BI teams.

Benefits

• Enables faster, evidence-based decisions through trusted data insights.
• Flexible support for short-term analysis and long-term reporting.
• Reduces internal workload with specialist BI and analytics expertise.
• Improves data quality, consistency, and governance across systems.
• Scales easily to meet changing analytical and reporting requirements.
• Delivers clear insights through interactive dashboards and reports.
• Supports performance management, operational reporting, and strategic planning.
• Allows benchmarking to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Reduces time-to-insight using proven cloud and BI platforms.
• Provides resilience where internal BI capability is limited or stretched.

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

625521316502792

Contact

Mr. Colin Garrod
+442045833142
operationsuk@vitalhub.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Applications

  Production and operations

  • Other operations
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: Provides additional reporting and analysis for all other products within the VitalhubUK organisation
• Cloud deployment model: Private cloud
• Service constraints: No
• System requirements:
  • Modern compatible web browser
  • Internet connection (2mbps minimum, 5mbps recommended)

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Immediately by Email
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Web chat accessibility testing: We use the Freshworks web chat widget, which is already designed to meet core accessibility standards such as keyboard navigation and screen‑reader compatibility. Our testing has focused on validating that these features to work as expected for our users. While we haven’t run formal sessions with assistive‑technology users, we rely on Freshworks’ accessibility compliance and supplement it with our own practical checks to confirm usability.
• Onsite support: Yes
• Support levels: Priority and timescale; P1 (High): Full system outage – no users at all can use the system. Resolve 4 hours.; P2 (Medium): Partial system outage – a significant number of users are affected: Resolve: 1 business day; P3 (Low): Minor – a handful of users or a part of the system is not working to Specification: Resolve 3 business days; P4 (Query) : Minimal impact: Resolve 20 business days
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Customers receive a detailed Welcome Pack which outlines the implementation process for the product. A detailed and customised implementation project plan is then drawn up. Each stakeholder is invited to nominate a superuser who receives comprehensive training in all aspects of the system. They will cascade training within their agency and become the first point of contact for questions and issues from within that agency. The help desk is also available for enquiries regarding use of the system. Documentation and video training is available via the application for users to access.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • PDF
  • Other
• Other documentation formats:
  • Microsoft Word formats (doc and docx)
  • Microsoft Excel formats (xlxs, xls and csv)
• End-of-contract data extraction: Documentation is backed up by video and remote calls.
• End-of-contract process: Source data feeds are switched off and accounts suspended.
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: All documentation can be provided in multiple formats including those compatible with those that allow accessibility tools to be utilised.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Reports & Dashboards are configured in differing layouts
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: Web-based interface via Tableau Server for accessing dashboards, reports. Additionally, Tableau Server offers a REST API for automation and integration,
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: The service is designed to be accessible and aims to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards. Tableau Server supports screen readers, keyboard navigation, and colour contrast adjustments. Dashboard designers can add alternative text for images and ensure accessible colour schemes. For users who cannot interact with dashboards, underlying data can be exported in accessible formats such as CSV.
• Accessibility testing: We support accessibility standards aligned with WCAG 2.1 AA and UK government accessibility regulations.
• API: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Customisation is provided as part of our managed service. We work closely with customers to design and implement dashboards, reports, and data models tailored to their requirements. This includes applying corporate branding, defining KPIs, and configuring user roles and permissions. While customers do not directly configure the system, they have full input into design decisions and can request changes at any time. Our team ensures all customisations are implemented securely and optimally within the Azure and Tableau environment.

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The primary servers are on a managed cloud provision. Application and server monitoring is in place to monitor the resource usage. Automatic alerts are in place to provision new resources when there is a need to scale.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Users, Organisations, Indicator, Dashboards, usage stats, performance metrics, metric updates (frequency, total and usage)
• Reporting types:
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: No
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: NCSC approved service provider
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: All customer data is encrypted at rest using AES-256 encryption within our cloud-hosted SQL environment. Encryption is managed by the hosting provider’s key management service, ensuring secure key rotation and storage. Tableau Server also encrypts extracts and cached data at rest. Access to data is restricted through role-based permissions and multi-factor authentication.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed / Cryptographic Erasure

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data in Azure SQl can be sent on request in any required format. Data in Tableau can be accessed through built in export functionality
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • JSON
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • *Depending on data and technology characteristics.
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data import formats:
  • JSON
  • Excel

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: All data transmitted between the buyer’s network and our service is protected using industry-standard encryption. Connections to Azure SQL Database and Tableau Server are secured via TLS 1.2 or higher, and all web traffic uses HTTPS.
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Other
• Other protection within supplier network: The primary datastore is replicated using SSL. File based data transfers are password locked and encryption done using private/public key encryption algorithm on top of TLS.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Planned maintenance is undertaken outside business hours. The Service Commitment target is 99.95%.
• Approach to resilience: The service is designed for resilience by leveraging Microsoft Azure’s highly available and fault-tolerant infrastructure.
• Outage reporting: When the service has a disruption or outage, users are notified through emails and via our support service application

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: Multi-factor authentication by which all users are required to log in with a username and password as the first step of authentication, followed by a random system-generated passcode received via email to registered email address.
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Access to accounts that are created for internal admins is limited. Created accounts use two factor authentication to be able to access the interface.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Other
• Other security governance standards: Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials plus, DSPT organisation code 8JF22, ISO9001, ISO14001
• Information security policies and processes: VHUK follows the corporate suite of ISO 27001, ISO 9001, NHS Cyber Essentials Plus, and UK GDPR–aligned information security policies, covering governance, access control, asset management, information classification, cryptography, HR and user responsibilities, incident management, operations and network security, physical security, supplier management, change control, design and development, business continuity, internal audit, non‑conformance, customer feedback, and document control. VHUK reports into the Global Security, Compliance, and Privacy governance structure, with local control owners accountable for UK execution. Compliance is ensured through mandatory training, control ownership, evidence collection, internal and external audits, supplier reviews, access reviews, incident response processes, and corrective action tracking.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: VHUK follows ISO 27001 & 9001, CE+, GDPR, & SOC‑aligned configuration & change management processes. All configuration items & service components are maintained in the corporate CMDB, with approved baselines applied & monitored for compliance.; All changes to infrastructure, applications, & configurations follow a formal ITIL‑based Change Management process, including logging, risk assessment, testing, review, & approval. Security & privacy impacts—such as PHI/PII, access control, vulnerabilities, & availability—are mandatory considerations.; Compliance is ensured through mandatory training, local control ownership, continuous monitoring, audits, CAB oversight, evidence collection, incident review, & corrective action tracking, ensuring controlled, secure, & auditable changes.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: All servers are covered by a comprehensive monthly patching and maintenance schedule. Any important or urgent patches are applied out of schedule, with important patches within 2 weeks of a patch becoming available, and critical patches within 24hrs. Patches are always applied to Dev, Test and Staging environments first to prevent issues with production environments.; Servers are actively monitored by a variety of tools including Spiceworks which highlight out of date software version numbers to the internal support team for action.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Measures are put in place to detect any attacks or unauthorised activity as part of a process compliant with the relevant aspects of the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit i.e. Information Security Assurance, Incident Management, and Investigation. Potential threats to our services are assessed through employing a 'listener', upon the detection of a threat the relevant IP address is immediately isolated and blocked, whilst a potential threat to our software products is monitored and curtailed immediately with patches deployed automatically to the affected areas.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: VHUK follows an ISO27001‑ and CE+‑aligned Incident Management Policy and Procedure to ensure incidents are reported, assessed, and resolved promptly to maintain secure and available services. All incidents must be reported immediately to management or the InfoSec Team. Incidents are logged with full details and initial actions taken. The InfoSec Team assesses severity and coordinates containment, eradication, and recovery, with high‑risk incidents escalated in line with corporate timeframes. All security incidents are recorded in accordance with ISO27001 procedures to support tracking, root‑cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention of recurrence. Corporate Security provides oversight, with VHUK responsible for local compliance.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 0%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 0%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 0%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 0%
• Over £5,000,001: 0%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Bristish Assessment Bureau
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Wednesday 30 July 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: British Assessment Bureau
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Wednesday 30 July 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 6a42672e-b586-48b2-b6c9-f1f6c81c8129
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 42ba2f56-2d16-4cb1-925a-0d87644122b9
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at operationsuk@vitalhub.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.