Good afternoon!
Thanks to all those who replied to my query. The general consensus is that
the people producing nhsdatabase.com are a bona fide commercial concern.
They are not attached in any way to the NHS or DoH, nor are they
commissioned by them to produce the database. Having collected the
information they then sell it back to Trusts in book form. It was also
suggested that their approach is at least cheeky, and at worse a breach of
the data protection legislation. I've alerted our Data Protection Officer
and Operations folk, and am leaving it at that.
Sara Stock, BA, DipLib, MCLIP
Library Services Manager
Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust
Colchester General Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5HJ
T: (01206) 742146
F: (01206) 742107
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W: www.essexrivers.nhs.uk/library
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