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Where our data comes from, and when

Every number on assistiv.cloud traces back to a published NHS or government source. Different sources update at different speeds, so this page checks each one live, in your browser, right now, and tells you exactly how fresh it is.

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The five data streams · pulse speed = real refresh rhythm
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one pulse = one refresh cycle (sped up so you can watch it) dashed = modelled, computed rather than collected faster pulse = more frequent updates

What's inside the frailty score

The Frailty Early Predictor (FEP) blends 21 signals for every district. They arrive on three rhythms:

7 health outcome signals from NHS Fingertips, checked every morning at 6am. Falls, hip fractures, winter deaths, loneliness, dementia diagnosis.
11 prescribing signals from 18 million NHS prescription rows, refreshed each month when the NHS publishes. Sleeping tablets, antidepressants, nutrition supplements and more.
3 modelled estimates we calculate rather than collect: over-75s living alone, deprivation, and care home capacity. Always labelled as modelled, never passed off as measured.

Why different speeds?

We refresh each source as fast as its publisher releases it, and no faster. Pretending monthly data is daily would be dishonest; ignoring daily data would be wasteful.

Every day

Health outcomes

NHS Fingertips indicators are checked automatically at 6am. The underlying figures change a few times a year, but checking daily means we publish updates the morning they appear.

Every month

Prescribing & 111 calls

The NHS releases GP prescribing data and 111 call volumes monthly, about six weeks behind. We stream the new month within days of release.

Periodically

Discharge & carers

Hospital discharge pressure and our Carer Burden Index follow NHS situation reports and survey releases, refreshed whenever new figures are published.

Yearly cycle

Rural access

Deprivation indices, Census figures and broadband coverage change on annual cycles. The rural vulnerability layer is rebuilt when its sources are, not artificially churned.

One honest caveat. Fresh data is not the same as proven prediction. These scores are built from real, current NHS data, but whether high-scoring districts go on to have more falls and admissions is a question we answer with validation studies, not confident claims.

Read exactly how every signal is sourced, weighted and limited on our methodology page, or challenge the scores yourself with VERA, our built-in validator.