How SAA helped Leeds Teaching Hospitals turn a complex data programme into a secure,
governed Microsoft Fabric foundation.
Leeds needed to unify patient and operational data across multiple systems. Two delivery partners and two delayed years later, the Trust needed more than another technology plan.
Months to end-to-end delivery
Years of delay recovered
Aligned to NHS IG and UK GDPR
The Trust needed a modern data integration framework that could meet analytical, operational and regulatory demands without introducing more delivery risk.
Patient and operational data lived across disconnected source systems.
Every architectural decision had to support NHS information governance and UK GDPR.
The solution needed to deliver quickly while protecting long-term value and control.
SAA worked as the bridge between Trust teams, Microsoft and service providers, turning technical choices into a shared route forward.
Reframed a stalled programme around realistic delivery milestones, clinical priorities and measurable value.
Brought clinicians, analysts and governance leads into the architecture process from the start.
Created a scalable Microsoft Fabric foundation with repeatable deployment and governance patterns.
A medallion framework separates raw, refined and trusted data while automated delivery keeps every change controlled and reproducible.
Source systems
Trusted outcomes
Bronze, Silver and Gold layers create a clean path from source to trusted insight.
CI/CD workflows in Azure DevOps make releases faster, reliable and repeatable.
Access, audit and catalogue controls are embedded throughout the platform.
The immediate result is a working foundation. The longer-term value is a safer, leaner route to Trust-wide transformation.
A trusted model was developed and validated in the development environment.
Patient data was securely migrated and activated for operational use.
A detailed Synapse and Fabric assessment shaped a more cost-aware infrastructure plan.
The Trust gained a framework for onboarding structured and semi-structured datasets at scale.
Access control, auditability and cataloguing were aligned with NHS IG and UK GDPR expectations.
