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FHIR for social care: Hackathon series

Location: Online and in-person 
Date: Three separate sessions 

A practical, supportive series for exploring how FHIR can represent real social care information.

As social care moves toward more consistent, person centred information sharing, this hands on hackathon series provides a practical way to explore how care information can be structured using the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard.  
Whether you work directly with people, design services, commission support, or regularly record care information, your perspectives are essential. No technical expertise is required, just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to collaborate. 

Who are these sessions for? 

This series is suitable for anyone involved in care delivery, information recording, service design, commissioning or quality improvement, including: 

  • care coordinators and managers
  • service designers and transformation leads
  • social care practitioners, social workers and health workers
  • data, digital and quality teams
  • anyone interested in improving information flow across care.

No coding required. We’ll focus on structured thinking and how information fits together.

Register

Participants are encouraged to attend all three sessions, as each one builds skills and confidence for the next. 

Register here to book all three sessions.

The sessions

Session 1
An introduction to the hackathon 
1 April 2026, 2.00pm to 3.00pm 
Online

This opening session sets the foundation for the hackathon. You’ll hear about the purpose of the series, what’s expected of you, the themes you’ll be working with, and the tools and support available. It’s designed to be welcoming, grounding and accessible for anyone, especially those new to FHIR or nervous about the “hackathon” label.  
 

Session 2
Shaping the hackathon challenge
10 April 2026, 2.00pm to 3.00pm 
Online 

This second preparation session helps you develop and focus your idea so it’s manageable for the hackathon day. You’ll look at which FHIR resources might be useful, explore common pitfalls, and decide whether to work on your own or as part of a group. It’s a chance to turn early thoughts into a clear and practical problem statement.

Session 3
The hackathon
15 April 2026, 10.00am to 3.30pm 
In person, all day event 

This is the main collaborative hackathon event. Working in groups or individually, participants will apply FHIR concepts to real social care scenarios. Facilitators will support you to model information, explore relevant resources and profiles, and create draft FHIR representations. The day ends with a friendly “show and tell” where groups share what they’ve created.