Welcome to the Process Modelling Community
This section of the NHS Resource Centre supports the growing number of NHS staff who are looking at healthcare processes and pathways, whether existing or new, and who want to progress beyond basic process mapping.
More on the role of process mapping in the NHS
Register and sign in
Sign in to the NHS Resource Centre, in order to learn about better ways to document and make use of process models. You will also have the ability to ask questions and discuss process modelling with others across the NHS and to share, discuss and improve upon each other’s models for your own learning and for the benefit of the wider NHS.
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Process Modelling library
The process modelling library is a shared resource whereby signed in members are able to view, share and download process models which have been uploaded into the library. If you have a process model you would like to share, you can easily upload it onto the library. We even offer a free service to verify your process model by checking that it fully conforms to the specific notation used.
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Process modelling
Process models are representations of the processes that operate within a system, in this site meaning within health and social care. They are used to discover, document, develop and deliver ways of working. Models can be described in text, illustrated in diagrams, represented using mathematical formulae and replicated in computers as dynamic simulations.
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Process diagramming notations and methods
Process models are generally presented as process diagrams, preferably drawn using a standard notation, which ensures that the models are easily understood, unambiguous and can be shared.
Find out more about process diagramming notations and methods
Software tools for process modelling
Software tools are available that enable models to be drawn according to a standard notation and for those diagrams to be verified, checked for missing data and even for the process to be tested out (simulated). Computers are of course essential for mathematical modelling and dynamic simulation.
Find out more about the software tools available for process modelling