Health Needs Assessments

Identifying and supporting children, young people and families at risk is vital for modernising health and care delivery. Done well, it prevents crisis escalation, enhances early intervention, improves outcomes and ensures services deliver support where it matters most.

Many services still face major challenges. Staff often rely on paper-based assessments across hundreds of schools; data is siloed, risk identification is delayed and clinicians lack visibility to act proactively. Assessments can take months to process, while legacy IT limits what can be achieved.

Proven benefits

1. Act early: Assess health and wellbeing through online questionnaires at key transition points, with automated alerts when risks are flagged. In Kent, TLM identified 20% of children requiring early intervention, enabling same day action.
2. Collaborate and integrate: Caseholders review assessments, record actions or interventions and work across agencies with a full audit trail. The Kent School Health team, serving around 300,000 children, uses TLM to address risks proactively.
3. Drive measurable impact: Real time dashboards and benchmarking improve outcomes, evidence demand and inform commissioning. In Derby City, 50,000 children are assessed annually and schools using TLM reported a 75% rise in engagement over three years.
4. Reduce inequalities: More children are assessed consistently, including those on the borderline of risk. In Kent, 16% of children flagged for early support would not have been identified without TLM.
5. Support multi agency collaboration: Connect health teams, schools and local services through one platform, improving visibility, accountability and coordination.

A smarter, evidence based approach

Built on the AireBlocks low code platform, TLM is a validated, systematic Health Needs Assessment solution grounded in evidence and aligned with government directives. It enables services to deliver universal online assessments and trigger early support via safe, automated workflows.

TLM integrates alerts, dashboards and case management to ensure no one slips through the cracks, helping services move from reactive to preventative care and giving professionals the tools to act with confidence.

Key features

1. Universal online assessments written in age appropriate language
2. Evidence based algorithms to identify risks, including borderline cases, and trigger alerts for timely intervention
3. Case management portal to review assessments, record actions and maintain a full audit trail
4. Configurable workflows to automate communications, allocate resources and manage support packages
5. Population level dashboards for evidencing need, measuring outcomes and supporting commissioning
6. Live aggregated data for benchmarking and service planning

Transforming prevention in practice By combining proactive assessment with powerful workflow automation, The Lancaster Model helps services identify, support and safeguard children who might otherwise sit under the radar. It gives professionals visibility across populations and pathways, enabling a proactive, needs led and equitable approach to child health.