We are pleased to announced that Hosprec, the joint Wellcome/Public Record
Office Hospital Records Database, which has over 2800 entries, is now
available for online searching by name and town, at
http://hospitalrecords.pro.gov.uk/ and via the Wellcome Library website,
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/library. The information in the database, which
deals mainly with records in local authority or other record offices or
administered by health authority archivists, includes what administrative
and clinical records survive, for what date-span, where they are held, and
what finding aids are in existence, and historical and administrative
details. The database is constantly being updated. Researchers interested in
more complex searching should contact the Contemporary Medical Archives
Centre at the Wellcome Library, phone 020-7611-8483/6, fax 020 7611-8703,
e-mail [log in to unmask] ,or by post at 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE,
England UK.
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