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Community infrastructure as a service for health activation
Health-Shared helps trusted organisations build and run health communities that turn lived experience, peer support, and structured participation into better activation, follow-through, and real-world outcomes.
Not just content. Not just community management.
The infrastructure to activate the health of the groups you care for.
- Not another patient portal
- Not just a content platform
- Built around communities of practice
- Designed for activation, not just information
- Works with existing systems and pathways
What we mean by community infrastructure as a service
Most organisations can communicate with the people they serve. Far fewer have the infrastructure to activate them.
Health-Shared provides the digital, operational, and participation infrastructure that helps organisations build health communities that are trusted, moderated, activation-focused, insight-generating, and scalable across cohorts, pathways, and populations.
Infrastructure for trust
A structured digital home for communities that depend on trusted relationships.
Infrastructure for activation
Tools and workflows that turn community participation into self-management, follow-through, and shared learning.
Infrastructure for insight
AI-supported discovery, moderation, and structured participation that help organisations understand the real needs of the people they care for.
See how Health-Shared works as community infrastructure for health activation
This short overview explains how Health-Shared helps trusted organisations turn communities, cohorts, and pathways into active health support systems.
A platform-level overview of how trust, lived experience, peer support, and structured participation come together in Health-Shared.
You care for people across pathways, populations, and communities. The missing piece has been activation infrastructure.
Healthcare organisations, community groups, and membership bodies already carry real responsibilities to the people they serve.
They care for:
- patients between appointments
- populations between encounters
- members between events
- cohorts before treatment
- people after treatment
- communities across seasons, setbacks, and changing needs
But until now, the infrastructure to activate those groups between formal touchpoints has usually been missing.
That means support often remains:
- one-way
- episodic
- content-led
- disconnected from lived experience
- difficult to sustain over time
Health-Shared is designed to solve that problem.
Why community matters for health activation
People do not usually change through information alone.
Health-Shared is built around communities of practice, peer learning, and structured discovery so that health activation becomes something people do together, not something they are merely told to do.
Choose the partner pathway that fits your organisation
GP practices and PCNs
Support activation between appointments and build a stronger layer around personalised care, prevention, and long-term condition support.
Explore GP practicesU.S. healthcare organisations
Build authentic digital communities around populations, care models, and pathways.
Explore U.S. healthcare organisationsCommunity, faith and membership organisations
Turn trust, belonging, and lived experience into stronger health activation and quality of life.
Explore community organisationsQuick start guideNHS specialty services
Activate condition-specific cohorts across preparation, treatment, recovery, and self-management.
Explore specialty services
How Health-Shared works
Start with a trusted group, pathway, or population
Run AI-supported discovery to surface real barriers, questions, and needs
Turn those themes into structured participation, onboarding, and prompts
Support peer learning, lived-experience sharing, and practical follow-through
Build activation, insight, and continuity over time
Research and evidence underpinning the model
Health-Shared is grounded in published work on communities of practice, patient engagement, community engagement, and digital self-management support.
Virtual communities of practice and self-management
View evidenceCommunities of practice in healthcare
View evidencePatient engagement and quality improvement
View evidenceCommunity engagement and health outcomes
View evidence
Examples of the model in practice
View community →GPC Thrive Community
The GPC Thrive Community is a warm, welcoming space where people come together to share experiences, stay informed, and support one another in living well as they age. Built on real stories and community insight, it focuses on healthy habits, seasonal wellbeing, managing long-term conditions, and staying socially connected. Residents, clinicians, and community partners collaborate to make healthy ageing easier and more meaningful for everyone. Join to discover simple wellness tips, take part in friendly conversations, and connect with others on the same journey. Together, we create a positive community where everyone can truly thrive.
View community →West Middlesex NHS Trust Fit for Surgery Community
Preparing for surgery is not just about the procedure—it’s about preparing your body and mind to recover faster, reduce complications, and achieve the best possible outcome. This community brings together patients from West Middlesex Hospital in West London who are on different surgical pathways—from vascular and orthopaedic procedures to abdominal and general surgery—united by a shared goal: getting stronger before surgery. Prehabilitation is a proven approach that focuses on improving physical fitness, nutrition, and mental wellbeing before an operation. Evidence shows that targeted interventions such as exercise, smoking cessation, and lifestyle optimisation can reduce complications, shorten hospital stays, and improve recovery outcomes
View community →Varicose Veins Community
This is a community for people looking to understand more about the causes, diagnosis and treatments available for varicose veins.
Built by leaders in healthcare, public health, and patient activation
Professor Usman Jaffer
CEO and Founder
MBBS, PhD, FRCS (Eng) — Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Imperial College NHS Trust
Professor Alun Davies
Clinical Adviser
MA, BM BCh (Oxon) DM, DSc, FRCS — Past-President, European Venous Forum
Professor William Harrop-Griffiths
Clinical Adviser
Vice President, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Mr Benjamin Szubert
AI Engineer
MSc — Lead author in Nature Methods
Dr Jamie Kelly
Clinical Research Fellow
MBChB, MRCS (Eng), BSc, PhD — Vascular Surgeon, Imperial College London
Dr Pasha Normahani
Clinical Research Fellow
MBBS, MRCS (Eng), MSc, MD — NIHR Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Duygu Yenidogan-Schmidt
Business Development
Vice President, Global Head of Product and Marketing
Book a Platform Demo
See how Health-Shared helps trusted organisations build and run health communities that turn lived experience, peer support, and structured participation into better activation and real-world outcomes.
What to expect
- 30-minute walkthrough tailored to your organisation and the groups you care for
- Discussion of your specific population, pathway, or community priorities
- Pilot options and how to get started with one cohort or subgroup
- Overview of how the platform supports activation, self-management, and outcomes
Prefer to email directly? info@health-shared.com