Tech with a purpose: How social value supports better healthcare

And when your organisation chooses a technology partner, you ask what that partner gives back beyond the software itself. Because the right partner, by supplying healthcare software, contributes to the communities you serve and strengthens your own social value position. 

We’re exploring NHS social value, how purposeful technology supports ESG in healthcare, and how we at OneAdvanced deliver it. 

NHS social value and sustainability evidence 

Social value is the wider good an organisation creates for people and communities beyond the service it provides. In terms of NHS social value, that good ripples out through staff, patients, and the neighbourhoods around every care setting. 

And the Public Services (Social Value) Act and NHS procurement policy require suppliers to demonstrate social value as part of the evaluation process. It’s scored, weighted, and written into tender decisions. 

This applies across every healthcare setting, so the partners you choose must share that same sense of responsibility. 

OneAdvanced and the NHS 10 Year Health Plan 

As you know, The NHS 10 Year Health Plan is the most significant statement of NHS direction in recent years, and social value runs through it from start to finish. The Plan set out three shifts: from hospital to community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. Each one carries a sustainability benefit, and technology is the thread running through all three shifts. 

Hospital to Community 

Care delivered locally, digitally, or at home is not only more convenient for patients, but also generates fewer transport emissions, reduces estate demand, and cuts the organisational carbon footprint. The Plan builds a neighbourhood health service around digitally enabled, community-based care. 

Analogue to Digital 

Moving from paper records and on-site hardware to connected digital systems cuts waste, energy use, and emissions. And the Greener NHS five-year progress report, found that the NHS Carbon Footprint has fallen by 14% since the net zero strategy launched, and by 68% since 1990. 

Sickness to Prevention 

Predictive, data-driven care catches problems earlier. That is better for patients and reduces the costly, carbon-intensive acute interventions that follow. And the Plan commits to making the NHS the most AI-enabled health system in the world.  

For technology partners like us, this shift raises the bar. The systems we provide must work for the full range of patients, help staff reduce administrative burden, and actively support prevention and early intervention rather than simply manage existing demand. 

Contributing to ESG in healthcare, and going beyond the contract 

For NHS procurement evaluators, documented evidence of volunteering, charitable support, and community partnerships directly supports scoring. And they need to be real, auditable, and specific. 

Volunteering and giving back 

• 207.5 volunteering days recorded across OneAdvanced in 2025. 
• 60 employees used the Match It scheme, and OneAdvanced matched £3,000 to charitable causes. 

Accountability that extends beyond the final product 

Supporting communities starts with a workforce that reflects them: 

• OneAdvanced had a -8.22% median gender pay gap in favour of women in 2025, and a -0.23% mean gender pay gap. 
• We have a clinical team of 16 people who bring clinical, academic, and domain expertise, including five practising GPs, two professors, four active clinicians, and one OBE. 

Environmental evidence: emissions and net zero 

The NHS has committed to being net zero by 2040 for emissions it controls directly, and by 2045 for those it can influence. And at OneAdvanced, our track record is clear: 

• A 40% reduction in Scope 3 compared with the previous year. When your technology partner runs greener infrastructure, your own Scope 3 footprint shrinks too, which supports your sustainability reporting. 
• A 48% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 operational emissions since 2019.  
• A 68% reduction in Scope 2 electricity usage since 2019.

Responsible innovation you can trust 

Responsible technology also means protecting patient data. And at OneAdvanced, we’re proud to have eight medical devices in our portfolio, so know just how important that commitment is to us. Plus, the NHS has said they want to ‘make AI every nurse’s and doctor’s trusted assistant - saving them time and supporting them in decision making.’  

UK sovereign AI means patient data is being kept within the UK, giving your organisation confidence and control. For information governance leads and data protection officers, that is a clear, auditable answer to a question they are always asked. 

And robust governance underpins our every commitment: 

• ISO 42001 certification for AI governance, achieved in 2025 when fewer than 150 organisations worldwide held the standard. 
• 98% workforce security training compliance. 
• Zero material security incidents in 2025. 
• A Trust Centre accessed by over 3,500 customers, recording 80,000 views. 

At OneAdvanced, we’ve spent the last two years building cybersecurity into the platform as a core principle. For NHS organisations, that means responsible technology you can trust. 

Discover more in our latest ESG Report 2025. 

Technology that serves people first 

For any healthcare organisation where ESG, social value, and healthcare data governance are long-term priorities, that is a genuine advantage. And you can be backed by a supplier that touches over 40 million people in the UK and treats that reach as a responsibility. 

Get in touch with our team to keep the conversation going.