St Helens uses AI to match care needs and draft care plans

St Helens built AI tools that match care assessments to a technology catalog and draft personalized care plans. Improved resident independence remains an intended benefit.

AI system

System

St Helens AI-integrated technology-enabled-care catalog and planning tools built with Microsoft Copilot Studio

Model

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Release

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Application developer

St Helens Borough Council using Microsoft Copilot Studio

Role

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Configuration

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Inputs and outputs

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Autonomy

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Workflow

The council used Microsoft Copilot Studio to combine care-assessment information with a technology catalog co-curated by care professionals. Predictive matching selects relevant technology options and generative AI drafts personalized care plans and costings.

Human oversight

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Relation to AI

Predictive matching links care-assessment information to catalog options, and generative AI drafts personalized care plans. The source identifies this functionality but does not establish improved resident outcomes or AI-produced financial savings.

AI contribution

Predictive matching links care-assessment information to catalog options, and generative AI drafts personalized care plans. The source identifies this functionality but does not establish improved resident outcomes or AI-produced financial savings.

Benefits

Outcome identifiers

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Benefit

St Helens built AI tools that match care assessments to a technology catalog and draft personalized care plans. Improved resident independence remains an intended benefit.

Category

Product Personalization

Status

Reported and intended benefits

Beneficiary groups

Organizations. People.

Beneficiaries

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Reach

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Distribution and access

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Duration

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Expected?

Yes

Costs and harms

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Measurement

Studies

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Study design

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Measurement

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Setting and sample

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Measures

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Comparison

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Results

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Additional value from AI

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Limitations

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Denominators

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Materials for replication

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Money

Kind of value

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Amount

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Currency and prices

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Period and unit

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Realization

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Recipients and payers

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Gross or net

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Included costs

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Comparison

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Method

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Return and payback

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People and places

Participants

Developer: St Helens Borough Council using Microsoft Copilot Studio. Operator: St Helens Borough Council.

Jurisdictions

Benefit: United Kingdom.

Ownership and control

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Dependencies

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Cross-border connections

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Geopolitical implications

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Follow-up

Conditions for replication

The conditions needed to reproduce a care or efficiency improvement are unknown.

Replication attempts

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Later findings

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Availability

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Institutional decision

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Grounds

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Action and result

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Success criterion

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Evidence

Source numbers

AIBD-0562-source-0001

Citations

Numbered references below.

Language

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Source relationships

Operator

Original evidence

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Access and versions

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Supported findings

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Evidence strength

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Missing evidence

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Grades

Assessed benefits

Organizations. People.

Depth

Organizations: 2. People: Not assessed.

Reasons

Organizations: The council reports a built AI workflow that matches care assessments to a technology catalog and generates personalized care plans. This is a planning-capability benefit, without an established cost saving or resident outcome. People: Better matching and independent living are intended, but the source does not define an achieved resident outcome.

Observed or intended

Reported and intended benefits

Rubric

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Assessor and date

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Alternative assessments

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Fill

The deployer's account

Entry details

Kind

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Field

Adult social care and care planning.

Purpose

Match care needs to technology-enabled support and generate personalized care plans.

Dates

Source published: 9 April 2025. Updated: 22 October 2026.

Stage

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Version

SHA-256: c6db14eda9c7…

References

Other identifiers

LGA AI case-study bank. LGA-026.

Category mappings

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Brief

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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.