Dr Foster


 * For the nursery rhyme, see Doctor Foster.

Dr Foster LLP is a commercial provider of healthcare information based in the UK. Dr Foster was launched in 2001 with its core work originally being the publication of guides to healthcare services in the UK and then more recently the provision of information tools.

Dr Foster Intelligence is a public-private partnership joint venture between Dr Foster Holdings LLP and the Information Centre for health and social care (a special health authority of the National Health Service) that aims to improve the quality and efficiency of health and social care through better use of information. It was formed in February 2006 and works currently with most of the organisations in the NHS providing various products and services.

The chairman is Tim Kelsey, CEO is Jake Arnold-Forster and COO is John Pendlebury-Green.