Peterborough reports quicker advice through Hey Geraldine

Peterborough reports 15 minutes saved per conversation with Hey Geraldine. A manager describes obtaining equipment information while a colleague was away.

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AI system

System

Hey Geraldine bespoke AI social-care knowledge assistant

Model

Not assessed

Release

Not assessed

Application developer

Peterborough City Council, Outcomes Matter Consulting, and Datnexa

Role

Not assessed

Configuration

Not assessed

Inputs and outputs

Not assessed

Autonomy

Not assessed

Workflow

The council and partners developed the assistant in six weeks and gathered staff feedback. The source describes genuine staff questions alongside testing and demonstration interactions.

Human oversight

Not assessed

Relation to AI

The assistant supplies guidance and information associated with an experienced colleague’s expertise. The source gives a specific successful information-retrieval account and an aggregate time-saving claim, without establishing downstream care improvements.

AI contribution

The assistant supplies guidance and information associated with an experienced colleague’s expertise. The source gives a specific successful information-retrieval account and an aggregate time-saving claim, without establishing downstream care improvements.

Benefits

Outcome identifiers

Not assessed

Benefit

Peterborough reports 15 minutes saved per conversation with Hey Geraldine. A manager describes obtaining equipment information while a colleague was away.

Category

Improved Knowledge Discovery

Status

Reported benefit

Beneficiary groups

Organizations. People.

Beneficiaries

Not assessed

Reach

Not assessed

Distribution and access

Not assessed

Duration

Not assessed

Expected?

Yes

Costs and harms

Not assessed

Measurement

Studies

Not assessed

Study design

Not assessed

Measurement

Not assessed

Setting and sample

Not assessed

Measures

Not assessed

Comparison

Not assessed

Results

Not assessed

Additional value from AI

Not assessed

Limitations

Not assessed

Denominators

Not assessed

Materials for replication

Not assessed

Money

Kind of value

Not assessed

Amount

Not assessed

Currency and prices

Not assessed

Period and unit

Not assessed

Realization

Not assessed

Recipients and payers

Not assessed

Gross or net

Not assessed

Included costs

Not assessed

Comparison

Not assessed

Method

Not assessed

Return and payback

Not assessed

People and places

Participants

Developer: Peterborough City Council, Outcomes Matter Consulting, and Datnexa. Operator: Peterborough City Council.

Jurisdictions

Benefit: United Kingdom.

Ownership and control

Not assessed

Dependencies

Not assessed

Cross-border connections

Not assessed

Geopolitical implications

Not assessed

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

The conditions needed to reproduce the benefit are unspecified.

Replication attempts

Not assessed

Later findings

Not assessed

Availability

Not assessed

Institutional decision

Not assessed

Grounds

Not assessed

Action and result

Not assessed

Success criterion

Not assessed

Evidence

Source numbers

AIBD-0558-source-0001

Citations

Numbered references below.

Language

Not assessed

Source relationships

Operator

Original evidence

Not assessed

Access and versions

Not assessed

Supported findings

Not assessed

Evidence strength

Not assessed

Missing evidence

Not assessed

Grades

Assessed benefits

Organizations. People.

Depth

Organizations: 1. People: 1.

Reasons

Organizations: The council reports less staff time answering routine questions. People: A specific manager obtained needed information during a colleague’s leave. This is a convenient information-access benefit, without a documented care outcome.

Observed or intended

Reported benefit

Rubric

Not assessed

Assessor and date

Not assessed

Alternative assessments

Not assessed

Fill

The deployer's account

Entry details

Kind

Not assessed

Field

Adult-social-care knowledge support.

Purpose

Provide social-care staff with accessible guidance and reduce routine demands on specialist colleagues.

Dates

Source published: 18 December 2024. Updated: 22 October 2026.

Stage

Not assessed

Version

SHA-256: fcd38da99012…

References

Other identifiers

LGA AI case-study bank. LGA-022.

Category mappings

Not assessed

Brief

Not assessed

Revisions

1 revisions. Latest: 22 October 2026.

Sources

  1. Report Deployer

    Council or project account published in the Local Government Association AI case-study bank. The account provides no independent outcome evaluation.