In the middle of a busy day, quick decisions matter.
HealthPathways brings together local knowledge and agreed clinical guidance, so you can make fast, confident decisions and focus on giving your patients the care they need.
HealthPathways keeps you up to date in a rapidly changing world
Keeping you connected to changes in practice and in your local health system.
Frontline impact
HealthPathways helps frontline health professionals navigate the system confidently and consistently so they can focus on their patients at the point of care.
saved per week (HealthPathways survey, UK)
Agree it increases confidence (South Tyneside, UK)
Agree it helps referrals (North Cumbria, UK)
Agree it helps identify and access services (North Cumbria, UK)
By clinicians, for clinicians
Every pathway reflects real conversations and agreements between local clinicians like you, so it’s relevant, practical, and built for your context.
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FAQs
HealthPathways brings together local knowledge and agreed clinical guidance, so frontline clinicians and healthcare professionals can make fast, confident decisions and focus on giving their patients the care they need.
HealthPathways saves healthcare professionals time, increases their confidence and standard of care, helps to get referrals right the first time, and makes it easy to find and access the services available in your area.
HealthPathways is free to use for all authorised users - including GPs, hospital clinicians, allied health professionals, and administrators.
There is no individual subscription fee or registration fee; costs are covered by your health system.
Yes, HealthPathways is free to use for all authorised users - including general practitioners (GPs), hospital clinicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, and administrators.
HealthPathways provides localised clinical guidance developed collaboratively by clinicians and health system leaders. It supports point-of-care decision making by giving you fast access to practical assessment, management, and referral information tailored to services in your local area.
Localisation ensures pathways reflect local models of care, service availability, and referral processes. This reduces unwarranted variation, improves clinical safety, and helps ensure patients receive consistent care regardless of where they enter the system.
HealthPathways is a workflow-friendly clinical guidance resource. It complements, rather than replaces, clinical guidelines by translating evidence, local practice, and service knowledge into clear, actionable steps for daily clinical care.
Access is free to all eligible users. Find your local HealthPathways site here.
Each local HealthPathways programme team has clinical editors who work with subject matter experts to review pathways regularly. Updates occur continuously to reflect new evidence, service changes, and feedback from local clinicians.
Yes. By providing clear referral criteria and service information, HealthPathways helps ensure referrals are appropriate, complete, and directed to the right service first time, reducing delays and unnecessary rework.
HealthPathways is co-designed with clinicians from across the care continuum. This creates shared understanding and aligned expectations between primary care, community teams, allied health, and specialist services.
Absolutely. Every HealthPathways site has an embedded feedback function. Submissions are reviewed by local clinical editors, who collaborate with experts to verify accuracy and implement updates where needed.
Pathways draw on national and international evidence and are refined and agreed within each health system to reflect available resources, service configurations, and best practice as defined by local clinicians.
HealthPathways consolidates local information into a single, reliable source. This reduces time spent searching for referral processes, verifying protocols, or navigating fragmented local documentation.



